The RABDF is concerned about a lack of detail in the free trade deal between the UK and Australia as a broad agreement is reached today (15 June).

Prime Minister Boris Johnson agreed to a UK-Australia free trade deal in meeting with Australian PM Scott Morrison in London this morning. However, despite pleas from the UK agriculture sector, few details are yet to emerge about the impact on the dairy sector and wider agricultural industry.

The Dairy Roadmap is accelerating efforts to support the dairy sector in setting a robust and ambitious strategy on the environment and climate change, helping to secure the long-term future for nutritious and sustainable UK dairy produce.

This work comes in anticipation of both the UN Food System Summit and COP26, events which could have a dramatic impact on the dairy sector nationally and around the world.

Dairy-Tech organiser the Royal Association of British Dairy Farmers has been inundated with stand sales and new product launches in light of announcing its event would return in its physical format at Stoneleigh Park on Wednesday 2 February 2022.

A consultation on changes to the basic payment scheme and specifically exit payments for farmers in England has been launched today (19 May) by Defra.

The 12-week consultation, which runs until 11 August, outlines two exit payment schemes that it hopes will allow farmers to retire with dignity and free up land for new entrants to farm.

The Royal Association of British Dairy Farmers has joined forces with 18 farming bodies to urge the government to remain committed to its trade negotiating objectives as talks reach the final stages with Australia and New Zealand.

The Sloan family will now hold their Gold Cup Open Day on Thursday 5 August 2021, at the farm in Auchinleck, Ayrshire, after the Covid 19 pandemic prevented the event from previously taking place.

A renowned children’s author has written a series of books for young children about where food comes from in the hope to improve their understanding of the food they consume.

Milly Cow Gives Milk, which is endorsed by RABDF, is the first book in the four-part ‘Follow my Food’ series by author Deborah Chancellor and illustrator Julia Groves.

Dairy farmers are finding it increasingly difficult to recruit staff with some producers potentially being forced to leave the industry due to a lack of resource, a recent review has found.