Traditional British Cheddar is the most popular cheese bought during the festive season, a survey by The Dairy Council has revealed
Archive | December, 2011
NMR happy with progress in tough year
Interim results from National Milk Records show turnover increased by 3.9% to £8,641,000 during the six months ended 30 September, but operating profit of £379,000 was down on the £496,000 during the same period last year
Downward pressure on food prices
The ongoing supermarket price war means that a typical basket of food bought in the UK now costs around 5% less than the European average, according to the British Retail Consortium
Record profits for Wessex Grain
Buoyant grain markets have helped grain trader Wessex Grain make record annual profits in the year to 31 July 2011
Arla joins global trading platform
Arla Foods is to start selling dairy commodity products on the GlobalDairyTrade online trading platform in a bid to access more international markets
Solar battle taken to Downing Street
Representatives from the solar industry have urged government to reconsider the drastic cuts to the Feed-in Tariff that came in on 12 December
Get tax returns in on time to avoid penalties
Sole traders and rural businesses have been urged to get their online tax returns completed in plenty of time, following a clampdown by HM Revenue & Customs
Red diesel prices rise further
Fuel prices rose again last month, according to the latest Farmers Weekly/ NFU Inputs Price Monitor survey
Bioenergy needs support to meet targets
The NFU has urged government not to “marginalise” the bioenergy sector, following publication of the Committee on Climate Change’s bioenergy review