Innovation in the food and farming space could be hampered by regulators’ inability to recruit skilled workers and fulfil key responsibilities, according to the National Audit Office (NAO).

The chair of the Trade and Agriculture Commission (TAC), Prof Lorand Bartels, has warned the body does not have the resources to properly scrutinise the trans-Pacific trade deal Ministers are seeking to join.

A CONSERVATIVE peer is leading a campaign to house female Ukrainian refugees at a former RAF station in North Yorkshire, in order to allow them to pick locally-grown fruit and vegetables.

Rutland and Melton MP Alicia Kearns has called on Ministers to establish a rural deprivation unit in the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities.

Rutland and Melton MP Alicia Kearns has called on Ministers to establish a rural deprivation unit in the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities.

Farming groups, scientists, and start-ups are teaming up to test how far cultured meat is a threat, or an opportunity, for UK farmers.

The Government has rejected a call from MPs for an automatic planning presumption against the development of new poultry or other intensive livestock units.

A free handbook has been launched this week to help farmers plan for the future during a time of massive change for the industry.

Defra has been asked by the Prime Minister to cut the number of civil servants it employs as part of a fresh efficiency drive.

Industry experts have warned Defra’s plan to offer English farmers an advance on their direct payments to help with soaring input costs is merely a ‘sticking plaster’.