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A Charred Veggie Recipe That’ll Brighten Up Your Patio Party
Kristin Teig/Alfred A. Knopf Blackened vegetables meet spiced labneh in this show-stopping vegetarian dish In my wildest dreams, outdoor dinners would not require any silverware whatsoever. (Okay, maybe I should dream…
Farm groups welcome U-turn on plan to ditch EU law
Farmers Weekly Farm groups have welcomed a government U-turn on plans to ditch about 4,000 pieces of EU law by the end of this year. The Retained EU Law Bill currently making its way through the House of Lords was set to…
Post-Brexit border checks ‘will drive up food prices’
Farmers Weekly A new post-Brexit system of border checks for goods coming into the UK from the EU will trigger further food price rises, industry leaders have warned. The UK government has announced plans to implement full…
Daily Infographic: Imports play a major role in EU carbon footprints
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UPS downshifts flight activity as volumes deteriorate
UPS continues to reduce flight activity in its air network to maximize asset utilization and improve efficiency amid deteriorating shipping volumes. Executives said during Tuesday’s earnings briefing that they are optimizing…
Arla milk price dips below 37p/litre in May
Farmers Weekly Dairy farmers supplying Arla will receive an on-account price of 36.99p/litre from 1 May for a standard manufacturing litre. The milk processor listed increased milk volumes and limited demand from consumers as…
Northern Irish farm incomes soar in 2022
Farmers Weekly High cereal prices and rising farmgate milk values have combined to push up farm incomes in Northern Ireland during the past year. Total income from farming (Tiff) in Northern Ireland rose by 17.4% during 2022,…
Countryside facing cost-of-living ‘rural premium’
Farmers Weekly The government’s neglect of the rural economy has resulted in a cost-of-living rural premium in the countryside, according to a report carried out by the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG). The report…
Opportunities are there for new entrants, says minister
Farmers Weekly Increased moves to spring cropping and winter cover crops provides great opportunities for new entrants to break into farming, without the need for direct financial support from government, according to Defra…
Parallel imports of pesticides ‘cliff-edge’ must be avoided, NFU says
Farmers Weekly British growers are facing of loss of choice of plant protection products (PPPs) on the market if the government fails to act now to extend parallel imports, the NFU has warned. Parallel trade permits have…
