British supermarket Morrisons and German trader Aldi responded yesterday to pressure from financially strapped dairy farmers by raising the price they pay milk suppliers.

British wheat yields are at a 23-year low, triggering a fall in production despite a slight rise in planted area, Britain’s farm ministry said.

Waterford-based Dawn Meats has received a ringing endorsement at the recent Marks & Spencer Food Supplier Conference when it was given an award for ‘doing the right thing’.

Virtually all ministers at last Tuesday’s informal meeting of EU agriculture ministers in Denmark were reported to be of the view that CAP reform will not be implemented on schedule in Jan, 2014.

Severe winter weather conditions have led to a collapse in supplies of one of health-conscious foodies’ favourite vegetables – purple-sprouting broccoli.

ANY obstacles being put in front of the live cattle trade to Britain must be removed and the market must be allowed to flow.

CATTLE feeders in Britain want Irish weanlings and store cattle, said IFA national livestock chairman Michael Doran, after he met representatives of the National Farmers Union, cattle finishers and key supermarket groups in Britain.

MEPs were today accused of pushing up food prices after voting to slash the use of pesticides in farming.

RISING world demand, climate change and energy security have combined to make agriculture a strategically important industry once again.

The era of cheap food will soon be over, farmers warned British consumers today.

Farmers and suppliers may have been intimidated into silence over practices in the supermarket sector, an official report suggested today.

CLIMATE change will have a major impact on farming in the years ahead, British and Irish agri-leaders have warned.

BRITISH SUGAR is building a processing plant in Norfolk that will use sugar beet and other feedstocks to produce biofuels.

THE renewable energy sector provides a remarkable opportunity for farmers and rural communities alike, the Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers Association (ICMSA) has claimed.

Police are investigating after a UK farmer was offered the chance to buy a sheep infected with foot-and-mouth disease for Stg£2,000.

Tony Blair has ordered a series of moves to try to speed up the Government's response to the foot-and-mouth crisis.

Chief vet Jim Scudamore has been greeted with a slow hand clap as he arrived in Cumbria to discuss the foot-and-mouth crisis.

British Agriculture Minister Nick Brown is expected to announce a "pre-emptive strike" against foot-and-mouth disease.

The Cheltenham Festival has come under fresh doubt after it was confirmed a suspected case of foot-and-mouth disease has emerged three miles from Lambourn.