Increasing the amount of meat substitutes eaten in processed products is likely to have ‘perverse’ environmental consequences, according to a top professor.

The United States Government does not ‘have enough money’ to reward its farmers for adopting more sustainable practices, a top American official has said.

Farming Minister Mark Spencer has batted away concerns that the increased Environmental Land Management (ELM) scheme payments announced this morning (January 5) are ‘too little, too late’.

Farmers are being urged to look again at the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) and Countryside Stewardship (CS) after Defra boosted payment rates under both schemes.

Urgent action must be taken to make supply chains fairer if food is to be produced more sustainably in the coming years, a new report commissioned by the Oxford Farming Conference (OFC) has said.

The anticipated joint venture between ForFarmers and Boparan could lead to farmers paying higher prices to feed their poultry, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has found.

Farmers are being urged to help farmland birds through the ‘hungry gap’ now winter is well underway.

The Oxford Farming Conference and the Oxford Real Farming Conference met in person for the first time in two years this week. Abi Kay and Jane Thynne explore what was on offer for attendees.

Farmers hoping for a quiet 2022 following several years upheaval due to Brexit and the Covid-19 pandemic were left disappointed. Abi Kay takes a look back over the past 12 months.

Academics have called on the Government to publish an annual report on the state of the UK’s food security.