sustainability

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland The National Farmers’ Union of Scotland (NFU Scotland) has launched a dedicated finance service for its members. The union and Anglo Scottish Asset Finance have collaborated to create ‘NFU Scotland Finance’ – a division of Anglo Scottish with the...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland Mole Valley Farmers has formed a specialist red meat team with the aim of helping beef and sheep producers in a “challenging market”. The team is made up of three regional specialists who will work with shareholders, members and customers to help...

Written by Stella Meehan from Agriland The chief executive officer (CEO) of Hilton Food Group, Steve Murrells, will be among the speakers to address the UK & Ireland Meat Business Women conference in May 2024. Corporate services director at Morrisons, Ruth McDonald and food and beverage...

The latest episode of FeedCast is brought to you by Chris Davidson our Raw Materials expert. Chris kicks of the podcast by discussing how cereals continue to be the biggest mover over the last few weeks. The amount of material coming out of the black sea is having a big impact on the market...

Yes it does affect farming, but why? my local council seems to be "awash" with money, from the many thousands of private houses paying council tax, plus all the indusrial estates with small and extra large industrial/commercial businesses are occupiyed, never seen it so busy, and nots even...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland The National Farmers’ Union (NFU) has called for the spring budget to increase the ability of farm businesses to deal with volatility and build stability. The union wrote to Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt, who will present his spring...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland Two Northern Irish farmers have joined a seven-year initiative that sees M&S collaborate with farmers to reach net zero. Co. Antrim lamb and beef farmer, Trevor Bamford, and Co. Tyrone egg farmer, Kingsley Bell, have joined the programme, which...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland VetSalus has launched a new online course for farm vets and paraprofessionals centred on climate change and animal health and welfare. The ‘Livestock and Climate Change – A Veterinary Perspective’ course is now open for registration. The course...

Welcome to the Environment Agency Q&A event on The Farming Forum. For the next two days, this thread will be open for questions for our team at the Environment Agency to answer farmers questions on agricultural regulations. The Environment Agency are aiming to engage with the community on the...

Just seen in FW that RT plan to press ahead. RT(and so NFU) have now come out with it. So that's the battle lines drawn.. If you want GFC, then stay in nfu If your again it, join BFU Also looks like we need to talk with NSA Anyone with contacts at top of NSA? Updated on 8th March following 2...

This Lincolnshire based Agricultural Machinery Dealership with three depots, the main depot being at Carrington near Boston, is a leading firm in the region, undergoing positive development and planning for the long term future development and sustainability of the firm. They have a wide ranging...

So to get our heads around how useful this support offered by Rishi yesterday, who plans to take advantage of the FETF capital grants this year ...

Well, it looks like government are now going to have a Food Security Index. What could possibly go wrong? What would you all like to see benchmarked in the forthcoming new target that will be set for the industry? What metrics will be used to measure it? Should it include environmental stuff...

Written by Maeve Hennessy from Agriland The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has announced a research programme aimed at preventing crop loss from Fusarium Basal Rot (FBR), an infection caused by a soil-borne fungus. ‘FUSED – Integrated fusarium early diagnostic and...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland The National Farmers’ Union (NFU) is asking which political party will back British farming and deliver the right plan for British food ahead of a General Election at its annual conference. The union’s annual conference kicks off today (Tuesday...

Written by Agriland Team from Agriland Multinational dairy business Arla Foods has reported revenue for 2023 of €13.7 billion, a slight decrease on the 2022 figure of €13.8 billion. According to the Swedish-Danish co-op, which announced its annual results for 2023 today (Tuesday, February 20)...

Thankfully, I never had to be involved in Red Tractor. Does not Red Tractor amount to a restraint of trade?

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland A Hybu Cig Cymru – Meat Promotion Wales (HCC) scholarship will provide £4,000 in funding to students to study an aspect of red meat production or processing anywhere in the world. The scholarship, which is open to anyone above the age of 18...

Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland The College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) advisors have been profiling the benefits of improved slurry management over recent weeks. The focus of this activity was the hosting of two slurry management events, one of which was held...

Good morning all, I am conducting research as part of my final year dissertation on farmer attitudes towards adopting climate mitigation measures on farm. I would be so grateful if you could fill out the questionnaire and share your thoughts. Please use this link to access it...