Apr 15, 2019 | Dairy, News
AHDB has appointed Nic Parsons as head of dairy development, responsible for the development and co-ordination of AHDB’s strategic dairy farm network. Nic will join AHDB in June from Tesco where he has been agricultural manager for dairy since 2014. Before this, he...
Jan 18, 2019 | Dairy, News
The British Free Range Egg Producers Association (BFREPA) is seeking to reform supply contracts between farmers and packers after lawyers found terms of agreements appear to be “grossly imbalanced in favour of buyers”. A team of legal experts from Birketts LLP...
Jan 17, 2019 | Dairy, Grain, Ingredients, News
The food industry has responded to the EAT-Lancet Commission report that claims a ‘planetary health diet’ would prevent millions of deaths a year and avoid climate change. The planetary health diet is largely plant-based and allows an average of 2,500 calories a day....
Sep 3, 2018 | Dairy, Fruit Processing, News, Retailing, Vegetable Processing
The Soil Association announces new sales figures as the organic market continues its seventh consecutive year of growth, according to consumer research. Consumer research undertaken by the Soil Association found several key factors have supported continued growth in...
Aug 28, 2018 | Dairy, Ingredients, News, Poultry Processing, Retailing, Vegetable Processing
Following a summer that has been one of the warmest on records, the price of multiple food items across the country is set to rise. Reports from the Centre for Economics and Business Research (cebr), say dry spells lasted more than 50 days in parts of the country in a...
Aug 24, 2018 | Dairy, News
The UK dairy sector will receive a multi-million pound export boost as China agrees to import UK dairy products from third countries. International Trade Secretary Dr. Liam Fox MP yesterday (Thursday 23rd August) met with China’s General Administration of Customs to...
