Farm Business

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.

NFU president Minette Batters has called for Defra’s labelling plans to be ‘killed off’, warning they will allow Ministers to import sub-standard food into the country in the name of consumer choice.

NFU president Minette Batters has called for Defras labelling plans to be killed off, warning they will allow Ministers to import sub-standard food into the country in the name of consumer choice.

No let up in high fertiliser prices can be expected this year or next, as growers around the world compete for depleted supplies.

Weeks of economic turmoil may mean that the UK has a deeper recession next year than previously predicted, according to new analysis from Goldman Sachs.

Farmers Guardian writers and photographers swept the board at British Guild of Agricultural Journalists (BGAJ) awards in London last week.

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon may not have mentioned farming when she announced her ‘Building a New Scotland’ economic plan this week, but many of the proposals, if ever enacted, would have a direct effect on the industry.

NFU Scotland’s ‘Food Needs a Farmer’ rally outside the Scottish Parliament is not due until November 2, but already politicians in Scotland are bickering about the degree to which they will support it.

New Defra Secretary Ranil Jayawardena has identified the Gulf, India and South East Asia as export markets which will provide farmers with a greater return for British meat.