animal welfare

Farmers will receive a combination of cost of production and market price plus incentives

A spokesperson for National Pig Association said ongoing discussion between the assurance body and members was needed and that new requirements should not only be evidence based 'but also financially assessed and feasible'

RSPCA Assured has released a number of updates and clarifications to the new RSPCA laying hen welfare standards

Many farmers want to see a ‘fundamental change' in Red Tractor and will be ‘suspicious' of the assurance body's attempt of ‘papering over the cracks' with enhanced communication efforts

Red Tractor chief executive Jim Moseley told researchers at the Social Market Foundation they ‘should leave their desks' and join him at an assured farm ‘to see how the scheme really works' and the hard work the UK's farming community puts in

The supermarket has also introduced new stocking density requirements for its fresh chickens, aimed at improving their quality life

A focus on the careful sourcing of calves, while working closely with the farm vet has helped the Wilkinson family adopt a preventative approach to their calf rearing system

NFU president Tom Bradshaw said while the NFU response to the UK farm assurance review covers ‘some of the benefits' that assurance schemes offer, it also explains the ‘inescapable issues' that must be addressed

Council says case should serve as an animal welfare warning to farming community

Sir Brian May said he had stepped down amid concerns over failings in its farm certification scheme