Politics

Minister defends Labour's agricultural policies as he faces bruising first Efra Committee appearance

With foot-and-mouth disease cases confirmed in Germany, Hungary and Slovakia over recent months, Defra has been urged to decisively strengthen the UK's border security

Defra Secretary Steve Reed has made previous commitments that Labour will not 'sell out' farmers in any future trade deals. Will the Gov now keep to its word?

FG reader Hugh Wroth, from Wiltshire, shares his views on the current Labour Government's farming policies

Shoppers face bread shortages as growers say it may be April Fools' Day but 'food security is no joke'

The Jones family have been farming the land since 1012, but will centuries of resilience outlast current tax changes some 1,013 years later?

FG readers respond to Andy Welford's views on Inheritance Tax in his Farming Matters column

NFU Cymru said Welsh farmers had waited four years for the review and it had failed to reflect ‘the sheer desperation of farmers in Wales in grappling with the impracticality of the regulations'

An independent review into Wales' Control of Agricultural Pollution (CAP) regulations has published recommendations in five key areas. It found that an 'all-Wales' approach to the regulations was the right one

Flooding Secretary Emma Hardy has criticised the previous Conservative Government for failing to protect rural and farming communities from flooding