Brexit

The world needs to increase food production and availability by 70 per cent by 2050 to keep pace with the food needs of a rapidly expanding global population.

Fears that UK farmers have once again been sidelined have grown following the announcement of a new partnership between the EU and US to tackle global food security and supply issues.

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.

Welsh Rural Affairs Minister Lesley Griffiths has warned further delays to the introduction of EU import checks, which were due to begin in July, are a risk to biosecurity and could disadvantage Welsh farmers.

Farmers must look to the export market if they want to safeguard the UK’s food production reputation, industry leaders have claimed. 

A combination of changing agriculture policies and high input costs risk putting the best farmers in England out of business, a leading rural charity has warned.

A combination of changing agriculture policies and high input costs risk putting the ‘best farmers’ in England out of business, a leading rural charity has warned.

Farmers must take a different approach to waste and the ‘cycle of life’ if they are to meet the challenges posed by global economic forces, Defra secretary George Eustice has insisted.

Plans to delay border SPS checks on goods imported from the European Union for a fourth time have been universally condemned by industry groups.

AHDB analysis in its latest Horizon report concluded the SFI will fall far short of offsetting direct payment losses and will only provide a small financial benefit to many farmers after costs are taken into account