Legislation

Organisations from across the UK food and drink sector have joined forces to call for a 12-month Covid-19 recovery visa to help alleviate the labour shortages which are causing serious disruption across the supply chain.

Trade deals which increase imported meat cuts and products are set to lead to a fresh wave of abattoir closures, new research from the Prince’s Countryside Fund has found.

Ex-NFU Scotland president and co-chair of the Suckler Beef Climate Group Jim Walker has warned the new Agriculture Reform Implementation Oversight Board is a ‘figleaf’ and will ‘achieve absolutely nothing’.

Ex-NFU Scotland president and co-chair of the Suckler Beef Climate Group Jim Walker has warned the new Agriculture Reform Implementation Oversight Board is a figleaf and will achieve absolutely nothing.

Oxfam has warned the explosion in net zero commitments from Governments and corporations will fuel a surge in demand for land, leading to mass displacement and hunger.

Oxfam has warned the ‘explosion’ in net zero commitments from Governments and corporations will fuel a surge in demand for land, leading to ‘mass displacement and hunger’.

The Energy Minister who signed the net zero by 2050 target into law has questioned whether the approach is the right one.

An organic dairy farmer from Flintshire has warned increasing numbers of badgers are putting lapwings on his land at risk.

Leading scientists from across the world have warned the current methodology for recording methane emissions from livestock is distorting our understanding of climate change.

Leading scientists from across the world have warned the current methodology for recording methane emissions from livestock is distorting our understanding of climate change.