Agri Policy & Regulation
Covid-19 to cut 2020 EU feed output by 3%-6%
EU feed trade body Fefac expects compound feed manufacture across the 27 member states in full year 2020 to fall by 3% to 6% from 2019 levels, due to Covid-19 disruption on top of “normal” market and animal disease factors. But the ongoing uncertainty makes it...
Agricultural policy should focus on commercial scale food, not just greening
Commercial-scale farming is crucial to the future of a sustainable post-EU UK agrifood chain, argues a group of the country’s progressive farmers. But emerging agricultural policy seems to favour environment over food production. The Commercial Farmers Group has...
Feed technical manager for the AIC
The Agricultural Industries Confederation has appointed David Moss as a technical manager. In his new post, Mr Moss will focus on the feed sector and the Feed Adviser Register (FAR), so will span both AIC and AIC Services. He has previously worked in the food...
Covid-19 sees Oxford Conference move online
The 2021 Oxford Farming Conference (OFC), the 75th in the annual series that started in 1936, has been cancelled in the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic. But there will be a one-day digital event and a series of monthly seminars instead. “We run the event at...
Control Union backs regenerative farming
The global consultancy and compliance organisation Peterson Control Union Group is supporting regenerative agriculture practices through a new digital platform, backed by its consultancy and certification services. Regenerative agriculture focuses on sustainable...
Former foodstuffs fit with EU farm to fork strategy
The European Former Foodstuff Processors Association (EFFPA) has welcomed the European Commission’s Farm to Ford Strategy, which was published last month. The Association believes that former foodstuff processing aligns with several of the ambitions in the Strategy...