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Contaminated 'beef product' fiasco continues
Traceability standards for beef products are once again the subject of debate as news emerged over the content of Findus' beef lasagne. "This is a…
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Less Favoured Area designation in the spotlight after 40 years
Farmers are being urged to take part in a new government consultation on the way Less Favoured Areas (LFAs) are designated or risk having their land…
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Farmgate price is 'great lamb robbery' says NFU
The National Farmers' Union has said it will 'do all it can' to help sheep farmers in the UK who are struggling with a collapse in the farmgate price…
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'Significant progress' on European sugar talks
Members of the European Parliament’s Agriculture Committee have voted to support an extension of the EU's sugar regime until the 2019/2020 marketing…
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NFU appoint new Cheshire county chairman
Cheshire has a new NFU chairman who will serve a term of two years from 2013 through to 2015. Dairy farmer Richard Fair of Brookside Farm in Poulton…
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Potato growers could leave industry over contract prices
UK potato growers are facing an uncertain future unless contract prices increase following a 25 per cent drop in production and an increase in costs…
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Commission delays start to new rules on CAP direct payments
A decision to delay the implementation of new rules governing CAP direct payments is the right one, the NFU said today. The European Commission has…
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European role for NFU livestock board member
NFU livestock board member Andy Foot has been elected vice chairman of the European agricultural umbrella organisation’s beef working party. Foot, a…
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Supermarket adjudicator 'must have power to fine'
Farming groups have called for 'improvements' to the Groceries Code Adjudicator Bill as it is set to become law. The Bill had its second reading in…
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NFU attacks RSPCA over badger warning
The National Farmers' Union has said the RSPCA 'overstepped the mark' over comments made about 'naming and shaming' people involved in the badger…
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