Farm Business

Ministers have been urged to treat food as a national security issue after the Government was forced into a multi-million pound bailout to secure CO2 gas production.

The Welsh Government has set out plans to introduce its new Sustainable Farming Scheme in January 2025.

Eighty-four per cent of farmers and growers interested in applying for Environmental Land Management schemes (ELMs) want to see net zero measures included alongside environmental and biodiversity actions. 

The Government has been urged to reassess the types of English Language tests applicants for Skilled Worker Visas must take to help alleviate the labour shortage across the meat processing sector.

Restaurant chain Miller and Carter has been called out by the National Beef Association for its ’crass’ promotion of Australian steak. 

The halting of production at two UK fertiliser plants responsible for up to 60 per cent of Britain’s CO2 production could threaten national food security and ’ruin’ Christmas’, industry chiefs have warned. 

NFU Dairy has revealed its new Dairy Export Strategy focusing on adding value in the dairy industry

A young farmer’s efforts in promoting practical safety tips and discussing mental wellbeing through digital platforms has been recognised.

The future of pig processing in Scotland looks decidedly bleak with Pilgrim’s UK, operator of the country’s only dedicated pig abattoir declaring its operation as being ’unsustainable’.

The UK Government must offer as much encouragement to farmers as possible to increase the country’s food self-sufficiency levels, TV star Jeremy Clarkson has said.