Agriculture

Unilever grilled over sustainable palm oil

01-Dec-2008 By Rod Addy

Unilever faced a grilling over why the food industry was not moving faster to sell products made from sustainable sources of palm oil, at a recent...

Let nature take its course

29-Oct-2008

The enforced break-up of multinational food companies and regulation of commodities markets has been advocated by the policy director of the World...

The seeds of inflation

29-Oct-2008 By Rick Pendrous

expansion of biofuel production may inflate oilseed price further

Farmers and food processors get connected

13-Oct-2008 By Rick Pendrous

A new initiative to connect farmers and processors in the Yorkshire and Humber region called Farexchange was launched last week. It coincided with...

Meat is planet murder

29-Sep-2008 By Rick Pendrous

Increased international meat consumption fuels global warming

UK crop yields under threat

29-Sep-2008 By Elaine Watson

EU pesticide proposals could affect feed prices and impact meat and dairy industry

Industry welcomes Gordon’s food task force

07-Jul-2008 By Rick Pendrous

Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s plans to create a Food Strategy Task Force to co-ordinate and drive forward new UK food policy recommendations have...

Report calls for co-ordinated food policy

30-Jun-2008 By Rod Addy

There should be a fresh, co-ordinated approach to food policy making that puts food-related concerns at the heart of government.That was the verdict...

Battle lines drawn over GM

30-Jun-2008

GM Food's ability to help the current food crisis is sparking increasingly heated debate

Organic lobby spreading ‘nonsense’ about GM, claim scientists

21-Apr-2008 By Elaine Watson

New claims by environmental lobbyists that genetic modification (GM) does not increase crop yields or reduce pesticide use have been dismissed by...

Co-ordinated action needed for food chain sustainability

06-Dec-2007 By Rick Pendrous

Collaboration between government, the food industry, pressure groups and consumers is necessary if a workable and sustainable food chain is to become...

Research centre set to slash sensor prices

19-Nov-2007 By Sarah Britton

Food manufacturers could benefit from an Innovation Centre launched by Manchester University and biotech firm Syngenta, which aims to develop cheap...

Price-cutting to ravage red meat industry

16-Jul-2007 By Rick Pendrous

The renewed focus of Britain’s leading retailers on cutting costs will seriously damage the nation’s red meat industry, Meat and Livestock...

Bring farm and factory closer

27-Feb-2007 By Sarah Britton

partnership aims to increase collaboration between farmers and food manufacturers

Case for organics is not proven suggests government study

29-Jan-2007 By Elaine Watson

Research casts doubt on environmental benefit of organic agriculture for foods

Root crop harvest hit by high temperatures and drought

04-Sep-2006 By Rick Pendrous

Root crop prices are expected to rise as producers report poor yields of potatoes and onions due to soaring July temperatures and a prolonged...

New forum gives growers and manufacturers a common goal

07-Mar-2005 By Susan Birks

Get to know your end user quickly, is the message for cereal producers and processors from the Home Grown Cereal Authority (HGCA). Those that don't...

New Frontier as grain dealers join forces

07-Jan-2005

Two of the UK's leading oilseed and grain businesses, Allied Grain and Banks Cargill Agriculture, are to merge.Subject to regulatory approval, the...

The US Agricultural Research Service is working on technology that
shows the ratio of lean meat to fat in a commercial cut of pork.
According to scientists, the implications for the pork processing
and export industries could be immense.