animal welfare

Assurance body issues 'compromise' extending terms of requirements

Livestock barns of the future may well become government regulated to include some form of technology capable of reducing emissions

Efra Committee Chair Alistair Carmichel discusses Nigel Farages' backing of chlorinated chicken, Trump's tariffs, a US-UK trade deal and why British farmers need to be backed at all costs in negotiations

Campaign organisers say: "Dairy is an insidious industry that works hard to maintain a fairytale of ‘happy' cows grazing freely in lush, green pasture."

Reform UK Leader Nigel Farage said he would back a trade deal to allow imports of chlorinated chicken to enter the UK from the US, a move which could undercut British farmers

Dr David Llewellyn has been appointed, after leading the independent commission that produced the farm assurance review report in January

Farmers will receive a combination of cost of production and market price plus incentives

A spokesperson for National Pig Association said ongoing discussion between the assurance body and members was needed and that new requirements should not only be evidence based 'but also financially assessed and feasible'

RSPCA Assured has released a number of updates and clarifications to the new RSPCA laying hen welfare standards

Many farmers want to see a ‘fundamental change' in Red Tractor and will be ‘suspicious' of the assurance body's attempt of ‘papering over the cracks' with enhanced communication efforts