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  • CF Fertilisers’ ‘monopoly producer’ status questioned by UK farming body

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    One of the UK's leading farming bodies has questioned the dominant status of CF Fertilisers in the agricultural market, following company's closure of its manufacturing plant in Ince, Cheshire.

  • Hatching a plan: Tesco to use 100 per cent British eggs for next five years

    Retailer backs British

    Tesco has committed to use 100 per cent British eggs after signing lengthy contracts with five suppliers. The supermarket giant signed up its main producers to five year deals this week, against the backdrop of challenging market conditions, rising costs of living and inflation. It made the announcement as farmers also face supply chain problems, [...]

  • Prices rising fast: Brits face acute egg shortage as spiralling hen food costs and energy bills lead to mass exodus of farmers

    Egg Farming crisis

    UK customers could face empty shelves as an exodus of British egg farmers is caused by a lack of support from supermarkets amid spiralling costs, industry players warned today. Farmers have previously called on supermarkets to increase their egg prices due to soaring feed and energy costs in the production process. However, the industry has [...]

  • Alarm bells ringing: British farmers warn out-of-control milk price rise may lead to dairy and cheese crisis

    April 9, 2022

    Brits will soon face a cheese shortage as spiralling production costs hit producers, farmers are warning this weekend. A farming expert said many supermarkets are already experiencing dwindling supplies – and warned that things are going to get a lot worse. Dairy Farmer Steve Evans from Pembrokeshire told GB News cheese is already in short [...]

  • Price of milk may increase by up to 50 per cent, as worried UK and EU industry leaders gather in Brussels

    April 4, 2022

    The price of a pint of milk may jump by 50 per cent, as industry leaders held crisis talks. A perfect storm of supply chain pressures and rising costs for farmers has led to fears that the price of milk might soar to the highest for years. According to The Telegraph, four pints will jump [...]

  • Supermarkets stop selling free-range eggs as bird flu sweeps farms

    March 21, 2022

    Eggs in shops across the UK will now be labelled "barn eggs" rather than free-range eggs after farmers were forced to keep birds inside for more than 16 weeks after a bird flu outbreak.

  • Hormone-treated beef from Canada to flood UK food chain under CPTPP deal, British farmers warn

    February 14, 2022

    Canada is pushing for hormone-treated beef to be made available across the UK once Britain joins the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). According to the National Farmers Union, the deal would “severely undermine British farmers” and lower the quality of meet sold across the UK. CPTPP – a trade deal among a [...]

  • Calls for PM to act: Farms take Brexit hit due to ‘unprecedented’ labour shortages

    October 29, 2021

    “Unprecedented” farm labour shortages caused by Brexit and the pandemic should be addressed imminently, the chairman of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee has said, as he urged the Prime Minister to take “urgent action”. Conservative MP Neil Parish on Thursday wrote to Boris Johnson to ask for fast-tracked visas, more relaxed English language [...]

  • BREAKING: Animal Rebellion takes over govt building in Westminster, activisits threaten to stay ‘indefinitely’

    October 26, 2021

    Animal Rebellion activists have scaled a Government building in Westminster and say they plan to stay there “indefinitely”. Four activists from Animal Rebellion, an offshoot of Extinction Rebellion, used ladders, ropes and harnesses to climb the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) office as high as “20 metres” at around 6am on Tuesday. [...]

  • Calls to protect farmers from Kiwi meat and dairy products after post-Brexit trade deal with New Zealand

    October 21, 2021

    The impact of the post-Brexit trade deal the government has struck with New Zealand will be felt by farmers in such a way that they require protection, the Scottish Government has said. Responding to the deal struck between Boris Johnson and Jacinda Ardern, the Scottish Government said it would not offset the effects of Brexit. [...]

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