Red Tractor

This week's letters from Farmers Guardian readers

Assurance scheme farmers to benefit from easier access to Californian pork market

NSA's vice president and Red Tractor sector board member, Bryan Griffiths said a completely independent review is vital in order to 'gain confidence and trust' from the sector

NFU Cymru criticised Red Tractor for ignoring the needs of devolved nations in their proposed environment module

Red Tractor chair, Christine Tacon said they will not progress with the implementation of any new standards or additional modules until the first NFU independent review focused on Red Tractor governance is completed

Red Tractor’s future, the value of quality assurance for British farmers and whether digital grain passports will be given the green light were top of the agenda as FG’s chief reporter Rachael Brown sat down with AHDB chairman Nicholas Saphir

The NFU Council today (October 23) unanimously agreed to examine the governance of Red Tractor and to look more widely at farm assurance and whether they give 'fair value' for producers

Association says it was sideswiped by assurance body's Greener Farms Commitment

The decision followed a meeting on Monday (October 16) involving both Red Tractor and the British Farming Union

Deputy president Tom Bradshaw said he was ‘alarmed’ by the Red Tractor board’s decision to bypass the technical committees and sector boards