Morrisons search for more Beef Shorthorn
The search is on for more Beef Shorthorn sired cattle with a 30p/kg premium at stake to meet with demand from Morrisons for its Traditional Beef Scheme. The retailer’s weekly kill of native bred cattle has increased to over 400 head since it relaunched its Traditional Beef range in prepack format in June this year. […]
Negotiations begin for £120m China beef and lamb export deal
British beef and lamb could soon be heading to China in an agreement that could be worth up to £120m to the UK economy each year. Owen Paterson welcomed a new agreement between Defra and the Chinese authorities to begin negotiations on opening export routes for British beef and lamb suppliers to China, achieved during […]
FUW raises beef price crisis concerns with Welsh MPs
Farmers’ Union of Wales officials have raised concerns over the damage low beef cattle prices is causing to farm incomes and the confidence of the industry with Welsh MPs at meetings in Westminster. During meetings with MPs Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd), Guto Bebb (Aberconwy) and Glyn Davies (Montgomeryshire), FUW president Emyr Jones and deputy president Glyn […]
McDonald’s unveils free tool to help farmers beef-up their bottom line
McDonald’s UK today unveiled a digital business tool for the beef sector that enables farmers to calculate potential financial savings by highlighting efficiency-based changes they can make to their daily operations. During a series of farm assessments, a beef farmer based in Dorset, farming 227 hectares, used McDonald’s ‘What If?’ business tool to identify potential […]
£10 million trade deal reached on UK beef exports to Singapore
Singapore’s ban on UK beef, put in place following the identification of BSE, has been lifted following an inspection from the country’s Agri-food Veterinary Authority (AVA) to three beef plants in the UK. These beef producers and their sister plants will now be able to export cuts of deboned beef from cattle aged thirty months […]
FUW hails lifting of US beef export ban
The US market, which has been closed to any EU beef since the BSE crisis of the 1990s, is now open after the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced it is bringing the US legislation in line with the international science on BSE risk FUW livestock, wool and marts committee chairman Dafydd Roberts welcomed the […]
NI beef cattle prices undermined
Processors and retailers agree that Northern Ireland’s beef industry can profit hugely from the horsemeat scandal if purchasing focusses exclusively on high provenance, UK-only, beef cattle that are backed by full farm assurance – and sales promotion of their beef emphasises these qualifications. But ex-farm prices in the Province still fall 35p a deadweight kilo, […]
Buy British beef, host a roast and back Britiain’s farmers
Next week (April 21 – 27) marks Great British Beef Week and after the horsemeat scandal and news that many farmers affected by the extreme weather are fighting for survival, it’s a great opportunity for families to enjoy a great British product and support the farming community. The week was set up by a group […]
Buy British beef – look for Origin UK label
Busy investigators, angry retailers, and nationwide public concern led by shocked consumers, has routed any immediate threat of beef, or beef products, on offer in supermarkets being re-contaminated with imported horsemeat or any other bizarre cross-species substitution. But, says the National Beef Association, no-one can afford to lower their guard otherwise consumers could once again […]
