Farm Business

This week's letters from Farmers Guardian readers (April 25)

The Sheep Game's Cammy Wilson was praised in Scottish Parliament for raising awareness about the consequences of dog attacks on livestock

Shadow Defra Secretary Steve Reed said Labour's rural crime strategy would help fund at least 13,000 additional neighbourhood police officers to protect farmers from crime

Red Tractor's chief executive Jim Moseley was told farmers 'do not have confidence' in the scheme

NFU Scotland president Martin Kennedy said the ‘delayed' release of the Sea Eagle Management Scheme had been ‘enormously disappointing'

This week from Farmers Guardian editor Olivia Midgley (April 25)

The first of AHDB’s four reports into farm assurance across the world has rightly focused on the two countries who have benefited the most from Liz Truss’ time in Government by virtue of their free trade deals: Australia and New Zealand. Both now enjoy enhanced UK access to retailers with – you guessed it – lower standards. Farmers are justifiably not amused

NFU Scotland president Martin Kennedy had called for the agreement to be 'scrapped' earlier this year at the farming union's Glasgow conference

North East Fife MP Wendy Chamberlain said it was time for the Government to pay attention to the issues farmers faced in applying for Universal Credit after going through a challenging period

Defra said farmers can now apply for support which could help growers manage their water resources 'better' for use when droughts occurs