THE FARMERS’ UNION OF WALES has hailed moves announced by EU Agricultural Commissioner Phil Hogan aimed at streamlining the Common Agricultural Policy and reducing red tape...
RETAILERS that support Britain’s high-welfare pig farmers by offering a good choice of British gammon this Christmas will be publicly commended by pig farmers — but...
THE NATION is split over whether farming is a high-tech industry, according to a new survey commissioned by the NFU. Results of the YouGov poll revealed...
NFU CYMRU is reminding sheep keepers that from January 1, 2016, the non-electronic slaughter tag will no longer be allowed as the single tagging option to...
THE NFU is pleased that the High Court has cut short Friends of the Earth’s legal challenge to the Government’s neonicotinoid authorisations. The environmental campaign group...
THE UK farming industry’s reliance on imported GM feed has been highlighted at the launch of a new cross-industry report on global supply chains. NFU head...
MARKET VOLATILITY is not a UK or EU problem – it’s a global problem and a trend we will continue to see – is what delegates...
DEPUTY MINISTER for Farming and Food, Rebecca Evans visited Harper Adams University to see the educational and research facilities and the work being carried out at...
UK dairy farmers will receive a one-off support payment linked to milk production to help with cash-flow problems caused by volatile prices, Defra has confirmed. Ministers...
DEPUTY MINISTER for Farming and Food, Rebecca Evans, has welcomed a new, improved Code of Practice on the use of snares in fox control that places...
A NEW AHDB-funded education website called ‘Countryside Classroom’ has been launched today to help teachers give all school-age children positive, formative experiences of food, farming and...
A CASE of Mad Cow Disease has been detected in a dead six year-old cow on a farm in Carmarthenshire. It was confirmed by officials that...