National Farmers Union

UK Spring Budget – The Retail And Food & Beverage Industry Response

Here's how retail, food and beverage industry associations reacted to UK finance minister Jeremy Hunt's Spring Budget statement.

Britain’s Sunak Vows To Focus On Food Security In Speech To Farmers

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak promised a new focus on food security, responding to criticism from farmers that agriculture is being not given the same...

Around 10% Of UK Dairy Farmers Likely To Give Up Milk Production, Survey Finds

Nearly 10% of dairy producers in the UK are likely to stop producing milk by 2025 with smaller producers affected the most by the current market situation,...

Britain's Salad Vegetable Crisis Its Own Fault, Says Former Sainsbury's Boss

One of Britain's most experienced retail bosses has blamed the country's current shortage of salad vegetables on a lack of government support which has mea...

Farmers Seek Energy Price Aid As UK Salad Production Wilts

Britain should provide more support to growers of salad ingredients with production expected to fall to the lowest level since records began as high energy...

Tesco Chairman In 'Parallel Universe' Over Price Rises, Says UK Farmers' Chief

Britain's farming union has accused the chairman of Tesco, the UK's biggest supermarket, of living in a "parallel universe" after he said food co...

Britain’s Broken Egg Industry Shows The Price Of Food Inflation

In Britain, the damage wrought by rampant inflation can be seen in the fate of the humble egg with farmers saying what they get paid is no longer enough, u...

British Pig Industry Faces Collapse Amid Butcher Shortage

Britain's pig industry has said that it faces collapse after an exodus of east European workers led to a shortage of butchers and a backlog in slaughtering...