Animal welfare investment ‘a growing priority for UK farmers’

Investment in animal welfare will be a priority for two in five UK farmers over the remainder of this year, the results of a recent survey indicate.

An investigation carried out by the National Farm Research Unit led to the discovery that animal welfare is set to be the biggest source of investment for beef, pork and poultry farmers in 2018, with 40 percent revealing they will be spending in this area.

Improving animal health was a key factor influencing this increased expenditure, but 88 percent of farmers also said they believed that high welfare standards were important for making the country's farming sector more competitive on a global level.

In fact, the Farm Forward programme led by McDonald's to support the UK farming industry is working with milk supplier Arla Foods to offer grants of up to GBP 10,000 to farmers to help fund innovative animal welfare initiatives.

Connor McVeigh, supply chain director for McDonald's UK, explained: "Without them, we wouldn't be able to serve the responsibly sourced food our customers want and expect."

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