Agri Politics
Farm businesses can play a 'key role' in investment-led recovery - NFU
National Farmers Union (NFU) president Minette Batters said that the new budget announced by Rishi Sunak today (March 3), “underlines...
Agri Politics
Agri-Business
Food and drink manufacturers will 'welcome' today’s budget - FDF
The chief executive of the Food and Drink Federation (FDF), Ian Wright CBE, said that food and drink manufacturers will...
Agri Politics
NFU Cymru questions lawfulness of new water quality regulations
NFU Cymru’s lawyers have written to the Welsh government to question the lawfulness of the decision to introduce new water...
Agri Politics
Requirement for a 'tough balance to be struck' on trade deals and food standards
The National Farmers’ Union (NFU) has responded to the report by the Trade and Agriculture Commission (TAC). NFU president Minette...
Agri Politics
Consultation proposals will cause 'significant disruption to livestock transportation'
NFU Cymru has said that many proposals within the Welsh government and Defra’s Welfare in Transport consultation will cause significant...
Agri Politics
Young farmers must 'not be left behind' - Roberts
The Farmers’ Union of Wales (FUW) president Glyn Roberts has stressed the importance of the Wales YFC at the virtual...
Agri Politics
Safe transport is 'fundamental' to Scottish livestock industry - NFU Scotland
Given the vital role that transport plays in Scotland’s livestock industry, NFU Scotland has been deeply critical of proposals included...
Agri Politics
FDF urges government to review industry regulatory burdens
Ahead of the Chancellor’s budget announcement next week, the Food and Drink Federation (FDF) chief executive, Ian Wright CBE, has...
Dairy
Water regulations will 'kill off' Welsh family dairy farms - FUW
The Farmers’ Union of Wales (FUW) Milk and Dairy Produce committee says tenants, young farmers, new entrants and small and...
Agri Politics
Building on TCA must be a 'priority' for UK government and EU Commission
NFU Scotland is calling on both the UK government and the EU Commission to build on the Trade and Cooperation...
Agri Politics
Eustice backs growers' vote to abolish horticulture levy
Growers opposed to the continuation of a compulsory levy to fund the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) have welcomed...
Agri Politics
Food and drink industry 'key to the country’s economic recovery' post lockdown
The UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has set out his four-step plan to lift lockdown restrictions across the UK which...
Agri Politics
Eustice sets out approach for future agricultural policy
Environment Secretary George Eustice has said farmers can face the future with confidence now that we have left the EU...
Agri Politics
'The market is failing to deliver sustainable solutions for farm tenancies' - TFA
The Tenant Farmers Association (TFA) is lobbying for changes in the taxation framework within which farm tenancies operate to secure...
Arable
'British Sugar package will do nothing to retain growers' - NFU
National Farmers’ Union (NFU) Sugar board chairman Michael Sly has responded to the launch of British Sugar’s ‘Beet Package Plus’....
Agri-Business
BVA welcomes new strategy on #VetDiversity
Diversity and inclusion must be embraced by the veterinary professions, said the British Veterinary Association (BVA) as it welcomed the...
Agri Politics
61% vote in favour to discontinue AHDB horticulture levy
The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) has announced that 61% of its voters have voted in favour of discontinuing...
Schemes
Farmers urged to be on the lookout for exclusions or reduction letters
Land agency Galbraith is urging farmers to look out for an email or letter from SGRPID from this Monday (February...
