Arla Foods is to increase the price it pays its co-operative members in the UK for milk in a move, it said, would "build confidence" in the UK dairy industry. The Cravendale milk owner said it will now pay 29.5ppl for milk supplied by ...
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Michigan-based Hastings Mutual Insurance has signed a new marketing partnership with National Farmers Union (NFU) to serve as their endorsed insurance carrier. As part of the agreement, the company will also provide a premium discount on ...
National Farmers Union (NFU) (England and Wales) launched a new campaign to clarify labeling on supermarket products which encourages the public to take photos of poor food labels/merchandising and upload them to Facebook. The NFU's 'Flag ...
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Food manufacturers and producers welcomed chancellor George Osborne's autumn statement yesterday(December 5)highlighting changes to the tax system as benefiting the food and drink manufacturing industry. The Food and Drink ...
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British beef and lamb will return to Russian dinner plates after Russian authorities finally said yes to exports after agreeing to lift their 16-year ban. Russia banned British beef imports in the wake of the 1996 Bovine Spongiform ...
A full strategic review of the Scottish dairy industry has been launched by Scottish ministers in a bid to improve the profitability of the troubled sector. Scotland Food and Drink chief executive James Withers will lead the review,which ...
Insurance company NFU Mutual is to automate its paper-based claims handling using business process management tools from Tibco. The multimillion pound project will help the rural insurer streamline its claims-management processes across ...
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UK dairy processors and farmers have formally agreed a deal on a code of practice to govern relations in the sector. A tentative"heads of agreement"on a voluntary code of practice was agreed in July after talks with the UK government.The ...
The Scottish government has unveiled a five-point action plan aimed at tackling pricing issues in the dairy industry. The plan was announced by Rural Affairs Secretary Richard Lochhead yesterday (12 July) following a meeting with NFU ...
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UK dairy processor Dairy Crest is the latest firm to announce a cut to its farmgate milk price. The company announced a 1.65ppl cut this morning(3 July)for those on a standard liquid agreement.The cut will take effect from 1 August. ...