Farm Business

NFU president Minette Batters delivered her last speech as leader of the farming organisation at the NFU Conference in Birmingham

Rishi Sunak spoke at NFU conference 2024 today (February 20)

Fertiliser prices spiralled ahead of and following the invasion, hitting unprecedented highs in summer 2022

Planned tax changes have been reversed, seven days after being introduced.

LIVE from the National Farmers Union (NFU) Conference 2024 - Get all the latest updates from the Farmers Guardian news team

Former Defra Secretary Michael Gove has announced new rules to give councils greater power to control short-term lets

Mrs Batters questions which party will set a target for food production with a statutory underpinning? She said there was currently an imbalance between environment and food production in government policy

Grants, SFI extensions, cuts to red tape and supply chain intervention all named as Prime Minister vows to stand by farmers

Rural Affairs Minister insists farmer feedback is welcome as Drakeford says farmers cannot decide how agriculture budget is spent

The report found on average, agriculture workers took 35 annual leave days in 2023, down from 40 in 2022