04 Dec 2024 Blog: Here’s what happened when I asked ChatGPT if pesticides were good or bad for the environment AIC's Hazel Doonan asked ChatGPT if pesticides were good or bad for the environment. Unlike AI, her learning stems from 40 years in industry.
13 Nov 2024 Blog: Action Plan empowers agri-supply industry to thrive in a world where sustainability is essential Following the launch of AIC's Sustainability Action Plan, Robert Sheasby outlines why it makes for essential reading by all the agri-food system.
06 Nov 2024 Blog: Concerns over Budget 2024 and what it means for British agriculture A week on from the Budget, AIC's Head of Policy sets out a series of concerns over the potential implications for the agricultural industry.
05 Jul 2024 Blog: 5 things the 2024 General Election result means for UK agriculture With the 2024 UK General Election concluded, AIC's Head of Policy Ed Barker shares what the result means for UK agriculture.
01 Jul 2024 Blog: How a standardised approach to sustainability data can give UK agri-food supply chains confidence to invest The next UK Government can support the food system by working with industry to agree a standardised approach.
24 Jun 2024 Blog: How a veterinary "SPS" agreement with the EU can improve trade and boost UK agriculture UK agriculture’s productivity and prosperity hinges on efficient and frictionless trade, particularly with our closest trading partner, the EU.
20 Jun 2024 Blog: How farms in England are improving air quality with an ammonia mitigation scheme For National Clean Air Day (20 June 2024), we share how and why farms in England are helping to improve air quality.
13 Jun 2024 Blog: Why throwaway comment on animal feed proves hard to digest AIC's Ed Barker responds to an FT article which makes a misleading comment about crops produced for human consumption and animal feed.
13 May 2024 Blog: It’s time to get serious about the UK’s food security and land use – here’s how Having a comprehensive, cohesive UK Government approach to our food security and land use is imperative, as AIC’s Robert Sheasby explains.
09 May 2024 Blog: What the latest Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) data means for farm productivity in England New figures suggest uptake of actions under Defra's Farming and Countryside Programme is having a negligible impact on farm productivity.
08 May 2024 Blog: What UK agriculture needs the Government's National Action Plan on Plant Protection Products to deliver With the long-awaited National Action Plan likely to be published soon, AIC's Hazel Doonan sets out what UK agriculture needs it to achieve.
25 Mar 2024 Blog: What the UK's Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) means for industry AIC's Head of Fertiliser, Jo Gilbertson, explores what we know about plans for a levy on certain carbon-intensive goods imported to the UK.