The annual last-minute “bun fight” between British Sugar and the NFU is hotting-up again, despite hopes that a repeat of last year’s protracted negotiations could be avoided
Archive | August, 2009
NFU dairy survival plan – success or failure?
Six months ago, at its annual conference in Birmingham, the NFU launched its Survival Plan for British Dairying.
Organic food – shunned or supported?
It always amazes me how two different journals can run the same story with such different interpretations.
Zero tolerance on GM feeds must go
At last the political pressure seems to be building to do away with the EU’s ridiculous rules that outlaw any feedstuffs that contains even a trace of a GM product that has not been approved for use by Brussels.
Rural businesses poised for economic recovery?
Every cloud has a silver lining – even if it’s a very dark cloud, full of water and preceded by an unseasonably chilly wind.
Beef price slump “hugely overcooked”
The National Beef Association has accused the beef trade of making a “serious miscalculation” in cutting finished cattle prices during July, and described the 18p/kg dw drop in prices as “hugely overcooked”.
Co-ops strike back at milk price claims
My recent blog on “Which is best – co-operative or private company” seems to have touched one or two raw nerves – I should have expected nothing less!
How to respond to this year’s falling grain prices…
Monday mornings are never my best time and, reading through the weekend’s accumulation of grain market reports has done nothing to lift my mood.
Which is best – co-operative or private company?
Which is best when it comes to buying milk – co-operatives or a private companies?
Farmers could have got over £120/t, says trader
In the first blog I ever posted back in January, I referred to the HGCA’s weekly Market Report and, in particular, their summary of factors affecting the grain markets.