agriculture

Müller launches 'Fast Track' real-time data analysis to cut on-farm emissions

Supplier

Müller launches 'Fast Track' real-time data analysis to cut on-farm emissions

Müller UK & Ireland announces three-year tech partnership with Kite Consulting that aims to greenhouse gas emissions from 40 dairy farms

clock 15 January 2025 • 3 min read
Calf genetically modified to 'burp less' and reduce dairy's greenhouse gas emissions

Technology

Calf genetically modified to 'burp less' and reduce dairy's greenhouse gas emissions

Could the future see more 'environmentally friendly cows' in the UK?

clock 06 January 2025 • 3 min read
'A wake-up call for us all': New data confirms historically poor UK harvest

Risk

'A wake-up call for us all': New data confirms historically poor UK harvest

Defra confirms 2024 has seen the third lowest production for wheat, barley, oats and oilseed rape since modern records began in 1984

clock 13 December 2024 • 3 min read
'A voluntary approach hasn't been enough': Report argues food producers should be required to invest in the nature they profit from

Biodiversity

'A voluntary approach hasn't been enough': Report argues food producers should be required to invest in the nature they profit from

Green Alliance calls for fresh 'obligations and incentives' to encourage food companies to invest more in protecting and restoring natural capital

clock 08 November 2024 • 3 min read
How a quarter of the world's crops are now grown in areas threatened by water supply risks

Risk

How a quarter of the world's crops are now grown in areas threatened by water supply risks

Growing risks such as climate change and resource scarcity are threatening water supplies and ultimately food security, new WRI analysis warns

clock 16 October 2024 • 4 min read
'Climate change is to blame': England suffers one of its worst harvests on record

Climate change

'Climate change is to blame': England suffers one of its worst harvests on record

Analysis of provisional data suggests overall volumes of key crops such as wheat, barley and oil seed rape were hit severely by record winter rainfall

clock 10 October 2024 • 5 min read
Sainsbury's becomes first UK supermarket to offer peat-free mushrooms

Supply chain

Sainsbury's becomes first UK supermarket to offer peat-free mushrooms

Mushrooms 'grown without peat' to be sold in over 200 stores across the country, following a decade of research to reduce crop’s climate impact

clock 09 October 2024 • 2 min read
Study: Meat and diary methane emissions now rival those from oil and gas

Supply chain

Study: Meat and diary methane emissions now rival those from oil and gas

Greenpeace analysis estimates methane emissions from leading agri-businesses now match those from the 100 largest fossil fuel firms

clock 09 October 2024 • 3 min read

Management

How collaboration is shaping the future of palm oil

Industry leaders, NGOs, and communities are working together to transform palm oil production

clock 08 October 2024 • 1 min read
Robot-farmed, low carbon parsnips to go on sale in select M&S stores

Technology

Robot-farmed, low carbon parsnips to go on sale in select M&S stores

Retailer unveils results of major field trials for low carbon farming technologies

clock 08 October 2024 • 3 min read