Farm Business

With future trading arrangements now long-established as one of UK agriculture’s biggest post-Brexit concerns, Abi Kay spoke to Trade Minister Greg Hands to ask about parliamentary scrutiny of new deals.

Red Tractor has failed farmers. It’s time to take premium English products to the global marketplace in the same way as Scotch Beef and Welsh Lamb, says Norman Bagley, head of policy at the Association of Independent Meat Suppliers (AIMS).

Across the UK, farmers have taken to the streets in a spate of tractor demonstrations to protest against Government’s Agriculture Bill.

Uncertainty around Russian and US wheat prospects for harvest 2021 has driven UK and global wheat prices higher as speculative investors turn their attention to agricultural commodities and China makes big purchases.

A ban on low-standard imports may not be possible, but there are still plenty of ways our local produce can be championed, says Janet Finch-Saunders, Welsh Conservative Shadow Rural Affairs Minister.

Combined global wheat and corn crop is still bigger than last year.

Farmers have been urged to take extra caution when operating machinery and driving on roads following industry concerns about darker nights and reduced visibility.

Ministers have been warned that their failure to introduce a seasonal workers’ scheme for next year could consign viable horticulture businesses ‘to the dustbin’.

Police have reminded farmers to be vigilant when undertaking online purchases after a farmer was scammed in a fake online tractor sale.

Young farmers are concerned the Covid-19 pandemic will affect their long-term prospects and feel pessimistic about future opportunities to live and work in rural areas, a study has found.