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
This week (October 13) from ż editor Olivia Midgley
Unions and farmers have been left feeling frustrated after a new environmental module has been imposed on them by Red Tractor without scrutiny. The 'Greener Farms Commitment' is set to be introduced in April 2024
It is part of Red Tractor's commitment to ‘minimise audit duplication and burden' for farmers
Farm assurance body Red Tractor has bit back at claims published in The Times newspaper that said its members are “more likely to pollute the environment” than non-assured farms.