The British Poultry Council (BPC) has warned Defras proposals to limit livestock transit times are based on outdated research and will cripple the poultry meat supply chain.

The British Poultry Council (BPC) has warned Defra’s proposals to limit livestock transit times are based on outdated research and will ‘cripple’ the poultry meat supply chain.

Farm groups have expressed their bitter disappointment after Senedd members voted not to annul Welsh Governments controversial new water regulations yesterday.

NFU Cymru has instructed its lawyers to challenge the lawfulness of the Welsh Government’s new water regulations.

The Trade and Agriculture Commission (TAC) set up by Government has recommended that tariff and quota-free access to the UK market should only be given to food which meets domestic standards.

UK livestock farmers are facing the prospect of higher feed prices due to a quirk in the new global tariff schedule.

UK livestock farmers are facing the prospect of higher feed prices due to a ‘quirk’ in the new global tariff schedule.

A top Dutch official has said agricultural trading relationships between the Netherlands and the UK are ‘too strong to be changed fundamentally’ after Brexit.

A top Dutch official has said agricultural trading relationships between the Netherlands and the UK are too strong to be changed fundamentally after Brexit.

The Government set up the Trade and Agriculture Commission (TAC) ‘two years too late’, the group’s chairman has said.