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Food Supply Chain

Gov must keep its word on seizing and crushing vehicles carrying illegal meat

Politics

Gov must keep its word on seizing and crushing vehicles carrying illegal meat

Pig farmer and chair of National Pig Association said criminal gangs bringing over illegal meal must be 'penalised', adding 'they see us as a very lucrative market right now'

clock 02 April 2025 • 4 min read
Farming Minister to be quizzed by Efra Committee for the first time

Politics

Farming Minister to be quizzed by Efra Committee for the first time

Defra Minister Daniel Zeichner will be probed about the early closure of SFI and Defra's communication with the industry on key changes to farming policy

clock 31 March 2025 • 2 min read
From the editor: 'If the country is to have guaranteed food security, then stability and certainty is needed within supply chains'

Politics

From the editor: 'If the country is to have guaranteed food security, then stability and certainty is needed within supply chains'

This week from Íæż½ã½ã editor Olivia Midgley

clock 20 March 2025 • 2 min read
March 19: Efra Committee chair urges Farming Minister to focus on five key areas to improve fairness and resilience in the food supply chain

Farming in Five

March 19: Efra Committee chair urges Farming Minister to focus on five key areas to improve fairness and resilience in the food supply chain

In today's Farming in Five, chief reporter Rachael Brown reports on a letter sent by the Efra Committee chair, Alistair Carmichael to the Farming Minister calling on the Government to focus on five key areas to improve fairness and resilience in the food supply chain. Later today Mr Carmichael will be presenting his food supply chain fairness bill in Parliament. And the absence of rural crime in the Government's Crime and Policing Bill has been branded 'unacceptable' by a Liberal Democrat MP

clock 19 March 2025 • 1 min read
Alistair Carmichael: "80 years of Government interference in the food market has hard-wired unfairness into it. It is Britain's farmers who have lost out as a result"

Politics

Alistair Carmichael: "80 years of Government interference in the food market has hard-wired unfairness into it. It is Britain's farmers who have lost out as a result"

Mr Carmichael, chair of the Efra Committee, writes about the need to address the problem of low farm incomes, how his Food Supply Chain Fairness Bill could help shift the dial for farmers in getting a fair price for their produce, and the need to take on the supermarket giants and give back power to farmers

clock 12 March 2025 • 3 min read
McCain Foods GB's James Young - "Farmer confidence is at an all-time low... the wider food sector has a responsibility to step up and support them"

Mental Health

McCain Foods GB's James Young - "Farmer confidence is at an all-time low... the wider food sector has a responsibility to step up and support them"

This week's opinion from throughout the world of agriculture: James Young - vice-president of Agriculture at McCain Foods GB

clock 03 March 2025 • 3 min read
Grocery Code Adjudicator launches survey to investigate retail behaviour

Farm Business

Grocery Code Adjudicator launches survey to investigate retail behaviour

The Grocery Code Adjudicator, Mark White, said he wanted to hear from as many suppliers as possible about their ongoing experiences supplying to large retailers

clock 27 January 2025 • 1 min read
Farming Matters: Hester van Hensbergen - "We need to recognise this broken food system, built for corporate benefit, impacts us all"

Politics

Farming Matters: Hester van Hensbergen - "We need to recognise this broken food system, built for corporate benefit, impacts us all"

This week's opinion from throughout the world of agriculture: Oxford Real Farming Conference manager, Hester van Hensbergen

clock 23 January 2025 • 3 min read
Retailers Morrisons and Booths speak out over Inheritance Tax row

Politics

Retailers Morrisons and Booths speak out over Inheritance Tax row

Morrisons' head of agriculture Sophie Throup said the retailer had been raising farmers' concerns over IHT with Government since November 2024

clock 13 January 2025 • 2 min read
Íæż½ã½ã frustrated by Defra Secretary's comment to diversify in order to be profitable

Politics

Íæż½ã½ã frustrated by Defra Secretary's comment to diversify in order to be profitable

Mr Reed said: "Food production will always be the primary purpose of the farming sector, but for all farm businesses, tenants, upland and others, to stay viable in an increasingly uncertain world and to make sure they can keep producing the food we all need, they must be able to profit from other activities"

clock 10 January 2025 • 4 min read