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Beef farmers 'losing a million pounds a week'
The considerable reduction in beef prices in the first quarter of 2016 compared with the same period in 2015 is seeing beef producers lose a million…
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Introduction of new living wage could 'erode' thin profit margins for farmers
Farming unions are calling on the wider food supply chain to recognise the impact that new wage arrangements will have for farming. The new National…
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Calls for 'student worker' scheme to entice students from across world to help UK horticulture sector
The NFU has labelled the results of its 2015 End of Season Horticultural Survey, ‘very worrying’ for the future of the sector, with inadequate…
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Scotland has more food and drink business potential, says report
Scotland has the potential to become the best country in the world to operate a food and drink business if the industry stays at the forefront of the…
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British horticulture demands more attention as new report shows increasingly weak sector
A new report from the inter-university Food Research Collaboration (FRC) shows the weak state of British fruit and vegetable production and urges…
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'Global switch in diet could avoid 5.1m deaths per year by 2050', says new report
A global switch to diets that rely less on meat and more on fruit and vegetables could save up to 8 million lives by 2050, reduce greenhouse gas…
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Beef market 'worse than it has been for years' says NBA national director
The beef market is ‘worse than it has been in years’ according to the National Beef Association’s national director Chris Mallon. With the fall in…
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MEPs reiterate call for mandatory country of origin labelling of meat
MEPs reiterated their support for mandatory 'country of origin' labelling of meat and milk in a non-binding resolution. Mandatory labelling would…
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Tesco to use 'fictional farm' labelling on produce
Tesco has launched a range of own label entry-level brands as it continues contending in the intense grocery war. However, the supermarket - which…
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100 NGOs call for major review of EU food and farming policy
As the Forum for the Future of Agriculture (FFA) conference kicks off in Brussels today, 100 leading environmental, health, and social NGOs are…
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