Farm Business

For too long, the CAP rewarded farmers for inefficiency, but new post-Brexit schemes should help farmers to improve profitability and embrace innovation, says John Henning, County Armagh beef farmer.

But a drop in English lamb numbers has offset the increases

Short-term fresh food shortages could be on the horizon after the Brexit transition period ends in January, Tesco’s chairman John Allen has warned.

Lord Donald Curry has said Ministers would be ‘wise’ to accept his revised amendment to the Agriculture Bill, which would increase parliamentary scrutiny of future trade deals.

NFU Mutual has advised farmers to review their security measures as winter draws in, warning rural thefts could increase this year with fewer people out and about.

Vets may be forced to choose between examining and treating livestock or certifying exports in a worst-case Brexit scenario, British Veterinary Association president James Russell has warned.

Further closures in meat processing plants cannot be ruled out, but extra measures by operators and co-operation with farmers will help keep shutdowns to a minimum, according to Nick Allen, chief executive of the British Meat Processors Association.

Jane King will leave her role no later than September 2021

Per Harkjaer’s experience includes roles as United Coffee and Findus Group

A top Welsh Government official has admitted that some ‘stresses and strains’ of farmers can be caused by Government actions.