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
With the focus on landlord-tenant relationships at the NFU tenant conference, some farmers felt more needed to be done to tackle bad practice by landlords and their land agents
This week's letters from Farmers Guardian readers
Animal import checks will start as planned amid Dover warnings the new border model is not fit for purpose
New survey reveals retailers such as Aldi, Lidl and Asda paying little heed to food origin requirements
Spreading the risk among various on-farm enterprises has been a winning strategy for Staffordshire based Lower Drayton Farm