National Farmers Union

  • A plan for the land

    A plan for the land

    England’s first ever land use framework aims to maintain domestic food production while freeing land for nature, development and energy. Can it carry off such a delicate balancing act?

  • Food groups call for new GCA powers

    Food groups call for new GCA powers

    A coalition of food organisations has called on the government to tackle unfair trading practices along the entire food supply chain as part of its review of the Groceries Code Adjudicator’s (GCA) remit. The Groceries Code Action Network (GCAN) said…

  • Political Print

    Political Print

    DEFRA’s much-awaited Food and Farming Plan could offer strong support for Britain’s embattled farmers – but the EU referendum has put it on the back burner. The EU referendum has much to answer for. Ever since the Remain and Leave…

  • Dairy farmers in crisis

    THE CRISIS in the dairy industry has hit the headlines again this week. There have been emergency meetings held in Stormont in response to the Northern Irish Dairy crisis.                   Milk prices…

  • First Milk delay dairy farmers’ pay by two weeks

    FIRST MILK announced that over 1,000 farmers within one of its co-operatives would see a delay in their pay cheque, due on Monday 12th January, and all subsequent payments after will be put back a fortnight.        …

  • NFU calls for people to back British farming

    THE NATIONAL Farmers Union (NFU) has revealed self-sufficiency in UK food production stating has dropped by 15% over the last twenty years. According to the NFU, the latest figures show that as a nation the UK is currently only 60%…

  • Two million hectare shortfall in UK land possible by 2030, study finds

    CAMBRIDGE HOSTED industry platform calls for joint action plan with government.                   By 2030, the UK could require up to 7 million hectares of additional land to meet a growing population’s food,…

  • School children want to visit farms, new research suggests

    THE NFU has said the industry must do all it can to teach youngsters about where their food comes from after 84% of five to eight-year-olds said they would love to visit a farm.            …

  • Farming is beating recession in the UK, new report reveals

    A NEW REPORT from the National Farmers Union (NFU) has revealed that the agricultural industry in the UK is bucking the recession trend and delivering for the nation’s economy.               The new report ‘Backing…

  • Farm to Fork visits open to every primary school in the UK

    EVERY PRIMARY school in the UK will be given the chance to learn more about food and where it comes from as part of a major new food education programme launched today.                …