Livestock

Lidl GB Pledges £1.5bn To Support Sustainable Practices In British Beef Production

Lidl GB plans to invest £1.5 billion in the British beef industry over the next five years as part of its efforts to achieve its goal of sourcing 100...

Tasmanian 'Eco-Milk' Tests Shoppers' Thirst For Climate-Friendly Dairy

A small dairy in Tasmania is stocking supermarket shelves with what it says is the world's first branded milk produced by cows fed with a seaweed that make...

Chicken Culling, Disposal Raise Concern As Bird Flu Spreads

The spread of bird flu among poultry and dairy farms has heightened some health experts' concerns that the process of killing and disposing...

Italy's 2023 Farm Output Hit By Climate Change, Statistics Bureau Says

Italian agricultural production shrank last year as wine, fruit and olive oil output all took a hit from extreme weather events linked to climate chan...

Nestlé Reports Progress Against Net-Zero Goals, Reduces GHG Emissions In 2023

Food giant Nestlé has reduced its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 13.5% in 2023, compared to its baseline year 2018, while continuing to expand it...

EU Countries To Demand Bloc Does More To Help Farmers, Draft Statement Says

European Union country leaders will urge the EU to work quickly on more measures to support farmers in response to months of protests by angry ag...

Savencia Fromage & Dairy Reports Sales Growth Of 3.7% In FY 2023

Savencia Fromage & Dairy has reported a 3.7% increase in sales to €6.8 billion in its financial year 2023.

French Farmers Head Home But Anger Spreads Elsewhere In Europe

Protesting farmers demanding just prices and less red tape blocked the border between Belgium and the Netherlands on Friday, whilst their peers in France s...