National Farmers Union

Britain's Salad Vegetable Crisis Its Own Fault, Says Former Sainsbury's Boss

One of Britain's most experienced retail bosses has blamed the country's current shortage of salad vegetables on a lack of government support which has mea...

Farmers Seek Energy Price Aid As UK Salad Production Wilts

Britain should provide more support to growers of salad ingredients with production expected to fall to the lowest level since records began as high energy...

Tesco Chairman In 'Parallel Universe' Over Price Rises, Says UK Farmers' Chief

Britain's farming union has accused the chairman of Tesco, the UK's biggest supermarket, of living in a "parallel universe" after he said food co...

Britain’s Broken Egg Industry Shows The Price Of Food Inflation

In Britain, the damage wrought by rampant inflation can be seen in the fate of the humble egg with farmers saying what they get paid is no longer enough, u...

British Pig Industry Faces Collapse Amid Butcher Shortage

Britain's pig industry has said that it faces collapse after an exodus of east European workers led to a shortage of butchers and a backlog in slaughtering...

UK Horticulture Expansion Needs Workers As Well As Water: NFU

Britain could grow far more of its fruit and vegetables with water supplies many rivals lack but may struggle to expand due to government plans to curb imm...

UK Farmers Call For Import Tariffs On Agricultural Products In No-Deal Brexit

Britain's National Farmers Union has written to Prime Minister Boris Johnson calling for import tariffs on eggs, some dairy products, horticultural product...

Sainsbury's-Asda Merger Process Was 'Unsettling', Union Says

The national officer of the UK and Ireland's largest trade union, Unite, has welcomed the Competition and Markets Authority's decision to block the merger...

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