Environment
Agrifood chain resilience in a post-Brexit world
The AIC held its annual Agribusiness conference last week – the first in a virtual format – with speakers addressing the theme of Creating resilient and sustainable food supply chains. Keynote speaker Victoria Prentis MP, Parliamentary undersecretary at Defra opened...
Consultation on future urea usage
The government has opened a consultation on the reduction of ammonia emissions from the use of solid urea fertiliser products. The move follows then Defra secretary Michael Gove’s mid-2018 launch of the Clean Air Strategy within the 25 year Environment Plan....
Post-Brexit vision for UK food chain growth
A new report concludes that UK agriculture can prosper through global food trade after the UK leaves the European Union. The report, Rising to the Challenges: a Food Policy for Global Britain, was prepared by independent agricultural economist Sean Rickard and...
Governance group for regenagri initiative
Agriculture and food chain auditing and certification body Control Union has formed a governance group for its regenerative agriculture platform. The regenagri platform was launched in June this year to promote holistic farming techniques that increase soil organic...
Yara project for carbon neutral fertiliser
Fertiliser manufacturer Yara International is working with a wind power company on a proposal for a renewable energy powered ammonia plant in Holland. It is partnering with offshore wind power specialist Ørsted on a project to replace fossil hydrogen with renewable...
Devenish working with OSI on sustainable grazing
Feed manufacturer Devenish is collaborating with meat and food manufacturing group OSI Europe to share data on sustainable livestock farming. The partners intend to use this work to deliver a carbon neutral farming system by 2030. Devenish has been measuring the true...