All Farming articles
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NewsCountryside Stewardship funds extended for next year
Defra secretary Emma Reynolds and NFU president Tom Bradshaw had a meeting and confirmed the extension of the scheme, which was due to expire at the end of the year
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NewsNew Zealand under fire from campaigners over watered-down methane emission targets
New Zealand has cut its methane reduction target, based on the principle of ‘no additional warming’
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NewsLidl doubles sourcing commitment with £30bn investment in UK food
The discounter said the pledge strengthened its commitment to backing British suppliers and supported long-term sustainable growth across the sector
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NewsUK food needs radical and urgent transformation, new study finds
The report, The Roadmap for Resilience: A UK Food Plan for 2050, has said that if there is no action the UK will lurch from crisis to crisis, including from food price shocks, climate disasters and weakening economic productivity
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NewsRed Tractor slams ASA after advert banned for ‘misleading’ consumers
The farm assurance scheme’s advert, last aired in 2023, was found by the ASA to have misled consumers over its environmental standards
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NewsMinor Figures launches regeneratively farmed oat milk with Wildfarmed
Barista Oat (Regenerative) is the brand’s first barista standard oat milk made with regeneratively grown oats
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NewsClarence Court adds Burford Buff eggs to range
The ‘fabulous eggs by fabulous birds’ have a maize-enriched diet that produces eggs with a ‘rich and creamy flavour’
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Comment & OpinionWill an Inheritance Tax u-turn be too little, too late for UK’s farmers?
Almost a year after Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ controversial budget announcement on changes to Inheritance Tax relief for farming businesses, could we now be on the cusp of at least a partial u-turn?
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NewsEngland experiences second worst harvest on record, data shows
New analysis from the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit has shown the scale of impact the warmest spring and summer and driest spring in over 100 years has had on cereal harvests
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NewsNestlé defends exit from global dairy methane reduction alliance
Nestlé’s logo disappeared from the Dairy Methane Action Alliance website last month
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NewsNo food strategy until spring 2026 at earliest, admits Defra
Defra presented an update on the food strategy during an industry webinar, in which officials appeared flummoxed by several questions
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NewsFarmgate milk prices fall as production hits highest point in a decade
Milk production for the year to date has reached 5.5 billion litres, 217 million litres (5.2%) ahead of this time last year and 4.1% ahead of the five-year average, according to analysis from AHDB
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Comment & OpinionRegenerative farming is vital but needs proper funding
Unlike conventional practices that strip soils of nutrients, regenerative agriculture rebuilds them, says Philip Rayner, co-founder & MD of Glebe Farm
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NewsNoble Foods and Co-op partner with Yellow Wellies for farm safety
The initiative, launched exclusively in 100 Co-op stores this September, is designed to raise awareness of the challenges facing British farmers
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NewsEUDR delay set to ‘worsen problems’ at key cocoa producers
EU environment commissioner Jessika Roswall confirmed the delay of the rollout of the EUDR by a year last Tuesday
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Analysis & FeaturesHow can supermarkets persuade suppliers to cut Scope 3 emissions?
Sustainability-linked supply chain finance aims to help suppliers, but should supermarkets go further to drive Scope 3 progress?
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Analysis & FeaturesIGD conference: is industry up to the challenges ahead?
Action is needed to boost food security and avoid environmental disaster. Can businesses stay focused and rely on government?
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NewsEat-Lancet calls for major reduction in meat consumption
The agrifood sector was the ’single most influential driver of planetary boundary transgression’, said the Eat-Lancet Commission
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Comment & OpinionRegenerative rhetoric masks Climate Week’s methane blind spot
Having morphed into a catch-all climate-friendly slogan for the industry, regenerative agriculture distracts from the most urgent challenge: methane, says Lily Roberts, campaign advisor at Changing Markets Foundation
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Analysis & FeaturesCan Defra’s new team kickstart the government’s green ambitions?
Steve Reed and Daniel Zeichner are out. Emma Reynolds and Angela Eagle are in. What are their priorities, and are there grounds for optimism?