Agriculture

Co-ordinated action needed for food chain sustainability

06-Dec-2007 By Rick Pendrous

Collaboration between government, the food industry, pressure groups and consumers is necessary if a workable and sustainable food chain is to become...

Research centre set to slash sensor prices

19-Nov-2007 By Sarah Britton

Food manufacturers could benefit from an Innovation Centre launched by Manchester University and biotech firm Syngenta, which aims to develop cheap...

Price-cutting to ravage red meat industry

16-Jul-2007 By Rick Pendrous

The renewed focus of Britain’s leading retailers on cutting costs will seriously damage the nation’s red meat industry, Meat and Livestock...

Bring farm and factory closer

27-Feb-2007 By Sarah Britton

partnership aims to increase collaboration between farmers and food manufacturers

Case for organics is not proven suggests government study

29-Jan-2007 By Elaine Watson

Research casts doubt on environmental benefit of organic agriculture for foods

Root crop harvest hit by high temperatures and drought

04-Sep-2006 By Rick Pendrous

Root crop prices are expected to rise as producers report poor yields of potatoes and onions due to soaring July temperatures and a prolonged...

New forum gives growers and manufacturers a common goal

07-Mar-2005 By Susan Birks

Get to know your end user quickly, is the message for cereal producers and processors from the Home Grown Cereal Authority (HGCA). Those that don't...

New Frontier as grain dealers join forces

07-Jan-2005

Two of the UK's leading oilseed and grain businesses, Allied Grain and Banks Cargill Agriculture, are to merge.Subject to regulatory approval, the...

The US Agricultural Research Service is working on technology that
shows the ratio of lean meat to fat in a commercial cut of pork.
According to scientists, the implications for the pork processing
and export industries could be immense.