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Asda suppliers could face pressure as the retailer plans to slash £100 million off products in a bid to compete with discounters. Jez Fredenburgh reports.

THE multibreed pedigree sale at Melton Mowbray included the Lincoln Red Cattle Society’s premier spring show and sale which provided the day’s top price of 8,000gns.

Almost one third of dairy farmers would consider leaving the industry due to a lack of labour, a new survey by the Royal Association of British Dairy Farmers (RABDF) has revealed.

The Food, Farming and Countryside Commission (FFCC) has called on Government to establish an Agroecology Development Bank to kickstart a ‘rural transformation’.

First Milk has become the latest processor to announce ambitious sustainability plans, pledging to be net zero by 2040.

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has suggested vegetarian options will help the Armed Forces to go greener, alongside electric tanks.

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has suggested vegetarian options will help the Armed Forces to go greener, alongside electric tanks.

The National Sheep Association (NSA) and the RSPCA have united to highlight the potential devastation to farmers and their livestock by attacks from dogs ahead of Easter.

Farming Minister Victoria Prentis has confirmed Defra’s upcoming food labelling consultation will cover religious slaughter.

Tim Rycroft will take up the role on August 31