Farm Business

NFU demands answers on seasonal worker scheme, planning rules and border controls

Campaigners were due to stage right to roam event to highlight lack of public access to open landscapes

This week from Farmers Guardian editor Olivia Midgley (February 22)

The First Minister said farmers had 'nothing better to do' but protest and had blamed Brexit for changes to farm subsidies

Alongside calls for a Tenant Farming Commissioner, Ms Rock said legislative changes were needed to 'open up the ability for tenants to diversify their farm businesses'

The elections took place at the NFU Conference in Birmingham on February 21

UK production of major crops and livestock products fell significantly in 2023. Extreme weather and changing political support increased the risk of producing. Cedric Porter reports

Chief reporter Rachael Brown sat down with Defra Farming Minister Mark Spencer and Defra Secretary Steve Barclay at the NFU Conference

Large scale criminals are targeting farm produce during a cost-of-living crisis

It follows years of campaigning from the UK farming unions