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A new EU report has deemed that the EU organic rules provide “sufficient guarantees” to farmers against the adventitious presence of Genetically Modified Organism (GMO) traces. read more..
Blog: Suffolk organic farmer John Pawsey shares his thoughts on the SPS, CAP reform and, particularly, justifying payments to non-farmers. read more..
The team at Yeo Valley kindly invited the NFU’s Organic Issues Group to visit their farm in Somerset read more..
The NFU has successfully lobbied for a new EU regulation on organic feed. read more..
Organic food producers and processors must meet new labeling rules before the full implementation of EU legislation at the end of June. read more..
Blog: 'At the end of June my Organic Entry Level Scheme comes up for renewal, so it’s time to decide whether or not I should be committing to another five years.' read more..
Sales of UK organic products fell 3.7% in 2011 to £1.67 billion, according to figures released as part of the Soil Association’s annual report. read more..
The EU and US have embarked on an equivalency agreement for organic products, to begin from June 1 2012. read more..
The graphs below show deadweight prices for organic lamb and beef from January 2009 to December 2011. This graphs are supplied by Graig Producers and represents a circa of 25% of organic beef and lamb animals supplied into the top retails. Graig have report that demand for organic beef and lamb has been good and they are beginning to see increases in organic lamb sales. read more..
The minutes from the last Organic Issues Group meeting can be downloaded by clicking on the document link above this text. read more..
The NFU have recently met with DEFRA to discuss concerns over the draft text for the amendments to organic regulation 889/2008 read more..
Blog: 'Consumption has been foremost in my mind having only just survived the excesses of the Christmas period,' writes John Pawsey. read more..
An estimated £186m worth of fake organic products were illegally sold across the EU over the past four years, an investigation by Italian authorities has found read more..
Yesterday DEFRA published a guidance note addressing the rules for the use of non-organic feed and pullets from 1 Januray 2012. A full copy of this note is copied below, this advised from DEFRA, replaces earlier advice from issued by Defra. read more..
Organic poultry farmers to carry on as normal after planned changes to monogastric feed and part-organic pullet rules are shelved. read more..
Last week we attended the BBC Food and Farming awards. Congratulations go to Adrian Dolby, estate manager on the 3000 ha Barrington Estate, who was one of the finalists for the BBC Farming Today, Farmer of the Year Award read more..
Organic blogger John Pawsey shares his experiences with social networking and reveals his YouTube year in farming. read more..
The UK’s leading organic livestock producer group has made a landmark agreement with meat supplier Dunbia Llanybydder on guaranteed minimum prices and premium for organic lamb. The objective of the agreement is to ensure a year-round supply of organic lamb and negate the need for imports. read more..
The graphs below show deadweight prices for organic lamb and beef from January 2009 to June 2011. read more..
On the 11th September the DEFRA organic team - Robin Fransella and James Winpenny visited Grassington Rangers in East Sussex. The aim of the visit was to share the impact of the proposed changes to the EU legislation on organic feed and pullets between DEFRA, organic producers and the NFU. read more..
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