Category: Agriculture
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Fertiliser costs are pressuring bread wheat protein levels. Higher nitrogen prices are reviving concerns over milling quality, flour performance, and bakery consistency later in the season.
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Tesco and RenEco have started processing surplus bakery and produce at Chelveston into animal feed, with the site designed to handle packaged materials and bulk volumes from food manufacturing as well as store returns.
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Rothamsted Research has developed gene-edited wheat with sharply lower free asparagine, opening a route to reduced acrylamide formation in bread, biscuits, and crisps without the yield penalties seen in conventional mutation approaches.
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AIC has set out new fertiliser priorities for ministers. Finance, CBAM clarity, and market visibility remain central to the UK input outlook.
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A new supply-chain coalition is forming ahead of key EUDR milestones. The move sharpens the debate over traceability, smallholder inclusion, and workable compliance for food ingredient supply chains.
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Mossgiel Organic Dairy has added three farms in northern Scotland to its supply network, increasing milk capacity by more than 10% as it builds a broader organic sourcing base.
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FDF now expects much sharper food price rises this year. Its revised forecast points to 9% to 10% food and non-alcoholic drink inflation by December 2026, up from a previous 3.2% outlook.
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Food Terminal Inc. is seeking broader private-sector buying support for onion growers in Occidental Mindoro as harvest pressure and limited storage capacity strain the market.
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NuCicer and Stricks Ag are moving high-protein chickpeas into commercial scale, linking breeding, acreage, processing, and ingredient market development in one supply programme.
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Domino has launched dedicated coding equipment for high-speed egg lines. Its new Egg Pack Printing Traverser combines TIJ printheads with a traverser platform built for multi-lane graders, aiming to raise print consistency, traceability, and throughput on packed eggs.