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Word ‘milk’ banned for use in branding of plant-based products

Word ‘milk’ banned for use in branding of plant-based products

Producers using the term ‘milk’ to market purely plant-based products have been forced to rebrand.
This Is Agriculture - Sponsored

This Is Agriculture - Sponsored

This initiative aims to raise awareness of the diverse career opportunities available in the sector to non-farming audiences.
DataHub

DataHub

We collate the financial and market data relevant to UK agriculture, so you can view the latest prices, analyse trends over time and compare prices between UK livestock markets.
Auction Finder

Auction Finder

21 Aug 2018
Your one stop shop for all agricultural sales. Visit the UK’s most comprehensive auction directory.
CropTec

CropTec

25 Nov 2020
The CropTec show is for all farmers and agronomists seeking the latest information on innovative methods to increase profits from crop production.
LAMMA 2021

LAMMA 2021

12 Jan 2021
Visit the UK’s leading indoor agricultural event, with eleven packed halls of the very latest in agricultural machinery and equipment. Now at the NEC, Birmingham this is free to attend and free to park.

Poultry

Work to develop a poultry red mite vaccine ongoing

Work to develop a poultry red mite vaccine ongoing

22 Jan 202009:30
With it is estimated that 80-90 per cent of commercial egg production systems are afflicted with red mite infestation, the need to produce a commercially viable vaccine for poultry red mite continues.
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NFU and Friends of the Earth join forces to push for post-Brexit standards protection

NFU and Friends of the Earth join forces to push for post-Brexit standards protection

21 Jan 202010:19
The NFU and Friends of the Earth (FoE) have joined forces to push for environmental, animal welfare and food safety standards to be protected after Brexit.
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British Lion to pump £1.3 million into egg marketing campaign

British Lion to pump £1.3 million into egg marketing campaign

20 Jan 202016:37
British Lion has announced plans to inject £1.3 million into its 2020 egg marketing campaign.
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'We're on the cusp of the biggest change in food production in 12,000 years' - Monbiot’s meatless vision comes under fire

'We're on the cusp of the biggest change in food production in 12,000 years' - Monbiot’s meatless vision comes under fire

13 Jan 202011:07
In a fiery debate at the Oxford Real Farming Conference, George Monbiot’s vision that synthetic food would replace most agricultural production in the next few decades was greeted with disbelief and derision.
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We must not ‘get ahead of customers’ on cutting meat consumption, says Sainsbury’s

We must not ‘get ahead of customers’ on cutting meat consumption, says Sainsbury’s

08 Jan 202011:00
Sainsbury’s head of agriculture has said the retailer faces a challenge in not ‘getting ahead’ of its customers on cutting red meat consumption.
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Demonstration site project to inform decision-making on Welsh farms

Demonstration site project to inform decision-making on Welsh farms

20 Dec 201916:00
A diverse range of projects that will inform future decision-making on Welsh farms are underway on Farming Connect’s new demonstration sites.
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27,000 chickens culled as low pathogen avian influenza found in Suffolk flock

27,000 chickens culled as low pathogen avian influenza found in Suffolk flock

11 Dec 201909:20
A 1km restriction zone has been put around the farm to ‘limit the risk of the disease spreading’.
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Villiers backtracks on Gove’s promise to set up commission to protect food standards

Villiers backtracks on Gove’s promise to set up commission to protect food standards

05 Dec 201909:11
Defra Secretary Theresa Villiers has backtracked on her predecessor’s cast-iron guarantee to set up a Trade and Food Commission to protect standards after Brexit.
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175 years of Farmers Guardian: How chicken came to rule the roost

175 years of Farmers Guardian: How chicken came to rule the roost

30 Nov 201907:00
In this week’s series celebrating 175 years of Farmers Guardian, we look at how chicken went from being a backyard bird to the brink of being the world’s most consumed protein.
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Food Strategy chief wants fundamental change of the UK’s food system

Food Strategy chief wants fundamental change of the UK’s food system

22 Nov 201915:25
Food Strategy chief Henry Dimbleby has said he wants to carry out a fundamental change of the UK’s food system which will stand the test of time.
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Official data request reveals Welsh Government’s failure to prepare for water rules

Official data request reveals Welsh Government’s failure to prepare for water rules

22 Nov 201906:00
Welsh farmers could receive no financial support to comply with burdensome new water rules, a shocking new official information request has revealed.
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‘Morally indefensible’ for farmers to bear burden of sustainability alone

‘Morally indefensible’ for farmers to bear burden of sustainability alone

21 Nov 201910:40
Retailers which market sustainable products without sharing any of the financial benefit with farmers are engaging in morally indefensible behaviour.
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Tesco chief executive pledged to ‘play part’ in cutting meat consumption

Tesco chief executive pledged to ‘play part’ in cutting meat consumption

21 Nov 201908:55
Tesco chief executive Dave Lewis has pledged the supermarket will ‘play its part’ in cutting the meat consumption of UK shoppers.
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University slammed for ‘damaging’ decision to ban game shooting

University slammed for ‘damaging’ decision to ban game shooting

18 Nov 201904:00
Campaigners targeted the university in September, pushing the institute to ban the raising and shooting of pheasants and partridges on its land.
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Anger at decision to appoint part-time GCA as calls to extend remit grow louder

Anger at decision to appoint part-time GCA as calls to extend remit grow louder

13 Nov 201909:00
Farm groups have expressed their anger at a Government decision to appoint a new Groceries Code Adjudicator (GCA) in a part-time capacity.
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EU carbon tax could lock UK farmers out of European market

EU carbon tax could lock UK farmers out of European market

12 Nov 201909:00
UK farmers could be locked out of the European market if the EU introduces a carbon tax to prevent high emission imports, a trade expert has warned.
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Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal could see NI farmers ‘cut out of GB market’

Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal could see NI farmers ‘cut out of GB market’

01 Nov 201911:22
Northern Irish farmers have expressed concerns that the Prime Minister’s new Brexit deal could see them ‘cut out of’ the Great British market, if the rest of the UK chooses to diverge from EU food production standards.
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NFU chiefs call for Red Tractor to become global marketing tool after Brexit

NFU chiefs call for Red Tractor to become global marketing tool after Brexit

10 Oct 201915:47
Two NFU board chairmen have called for Red Tractor to become a global marketing tool for UK produce after Brexit.
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Poultry keepers urged to ‘take action’ as migratory bird flu threat increases

Poultry keepers urged to ‘take action’ as migratory bird flu threat increases

08 Oct 201906:00
Poultry keepers have been urged to ‘take action now’ ahead of the looming winter threat of Avian Influenza.
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Sainsbury’s commits to 100 per cent free range eggs by April 2020

Sainsbury’s commits to 100 per cent free range eggs by April 2020

04 Oct 201911:12
Sainsbury’s will become the first major UK retailer to move to 100 per cent free range eggs, with all eggs sold in store and online to be sourced from free range UK farms from April 2020.
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