Supply chain Adjudicator urges farmers to speak up over unfair supply contracts
What was announced
The Agricultural Supply Chain Adjudicator (ASCA) publishes second annual report, highlighting progress in promoting fair dealing and addressing concerns across agricultural supply chains
Key points, in the publisher's words
- Farmers are being encouraged to raise concerns about their supply contracts, as the Agricultural Supply Chain Adjudicator continues his work to promote fairer trading practices and improve relationships between farmers and purchasers.
- The Agricultural Supply Chain Adjudicator Richard Thompson published his second annual report today (Tuesday 3 November), highlighting progress in promoting fairer trading practices across the dairy and pig sectors.
- The Adjudicator has been working closely with farmers and businesses across the UK’s milk and pig sectors to promote fair dealing, improve understanding of supply contract obligations and encourage better trading practices.
Who and where
People
- Stephen Morgan (MP for Portsmouth South (Labour)) · more news
UK bodies of power
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (UK government department) · more news
Constituencies of the MPs named: Portsmouth South.
Where this sits in the 10 levels of power
Topics, as GOV.UK files them: Food and farming industry.
Receipt
- Original: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/supply-chain-adjudicator-urges-farmers-to-speak-up-over-unfair-supply-contracts
- Published 2026-11-03 11:36:48 UTC
- Read by this site 2026-11-03 12:00:06 UTC from GOV.UK
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