Government retirement schemes which only compensate for monetary loss from farming are doomed to fail, new research commissioned by Welsh Ministers has found.

The SNP’s rural affairs spokesperson in Westminster, Deirdre Brock, has accused the Department for International Trade of undermining the push for a Food Bill.

Defra staff did not have the time or capacity to properly analyse the impact of new trade deals as multiple negotiations were taking place at pace, according to a new National Audit Office (NAO) report.

Climate change, access to labour and an increasing number of cyber attacks were among the possible threats to the UK’s food security listed in a new Government review.

Immigration Minister Kevin Foster has claimed reliance on foreign labour in the farming industry undermines the UK’s food security.

Farm groups have expressed their anger after the UK formally signed the Australian trade deal, with leaders claiming it is ‘devoid of common sense’.

Farm groups have expressed their anger after the UK formally signed the Australian trade deal, with leaders claiming it is devoid of common sense.