Legislation

Tenant farmers in Wales have expressed fears that the Governments new Sustainable Farming Scheme will be unworkable, leaving them sidelined.

Questions surrounding labelling, animal welfare and the impact on devolved nations have been raised regarding the Government’s Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill, which had its third reading in Parliament this week.

The delay in signing a post-Brexit trade deal with India is cause for optimism on the Government’s trade agenda, according to National Food Strategy author Henry Dimbleby.

Fears are growing that the agriculture budget could be slashed amid the ‘frenzy of spending cuts’ which Rishi Sunak’s new Government is expected to carry out.

Farmers could be left to clear up after fly tippers for the foreseeable future after a Parliamentary Committee branded the Government’s waste crime policy as ‘rubbish’.

Concerns have been raised about the effectiveness of the UK’s border controls, after vehicles importing food were found to contain unlabelled meat and flax seeds with illegally high pesticide residue levels.

Future farm policy has been plunged into uncertainty once more, as Prime Minister Liz Truss has resigned after just 45 days in office.

Christmas meat supplies could be under threat if proposed action by the Food Standards Association (FSA) goes ahead.

MPs have moved to offer farms legal protection from disruptive protestors.

Tenant farmers must be given full, independent access to all Government schemes and incentives if the sector is to thrive in a future agricultural landscape, according to the Rock Review which has been published today.