Politics

Last week, regenerative agriculture conference Groundswell took place at Lannock Manor Farm in Hertfordshire. Cedric Porter and Jez Fredenburgh report on the highlights.

The peer charged with heading up a Government review into antimicrobial resistance in 2014 has warned doing trade deals with other countries risks undermining the progress made over recent years in the UK.

More than 12 million people in rural communities risk being sidelined by the Government’s Levelling Up policy, a new study has found.

The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Efra) Committee has said farmers should feel reassured after the Government announced its support for the committee’s recent tree planting report.

A senior Defra employee has said he is concerned that farmers do not trust the Government department enough to fully engage with ELMS.

Foreign pork products from systems using farrowing crates would not be allowed to be imported if the UK Government chose to ban them here, Farming Minister Victoria Prentis has said.

Farming policy, solar energy and animal health were top of farmers’ minds at the Royal Cornwall Show last week, where George Eustice hosted a Q&A session. Ruth Wills reports.

Food is always top of my agenda, personally and politically. But both the pandemic and the war in Ukraine have brought the importance of food into particularly sharp focus for us all.

Running a bath can have a higher carbon footprint than eating 4oz of British beef, the author of a new book has said.

The Scottish Government has argued that protecting agricultural production standards will only be possible in future if the country breaks away from the UK. Abi Kay and Ewan Pate reports.