Politics

NFU Cymru deputy president Abi Reader questioned where the ‘800' figure for the amount of farms targeted for inspection had come from and what evidence it was based on, adding she hoped it was not a ‘witch hunt'

Mr Packham shared his views on X and claimed Richard Ayoade, who voiced the adverts, had been ‘conned' and the campaign went 'against all scientific evidence'

Ms Batters said whilst she had no regrets, she was 'saddened' recently by what she referred to as ‘splintering' in the agricultural sector, driven by farm assurance and people's views on Red Tractor

Anger building across Europe as French farmers bring roads across the country to a standstill

Farmers quizzed the NFU candidates on their priorities

The consultants also indicated to NFU Council that they have been made very aware of the heated debate around the topic and had heard opposing accounts of the process that was followed from respondents

The support payments will be available to all fully-certified organic farmers, not just those who were part of the previous Glastir Organic Scheme. Applications for payments must be submitted by May 15 2024

With Japan one of the first countries the UK agreed a deal with post-Brexit, Lizzie Downes at Promar International takes a look about what food exporters and farmers need to know

The ‘Harmonisation of Carbon Accounting Tools for Agriculture', was aiming to provide greater accuracy of outputs from carbon calculation tools

It is after comments made by Senedd members, including Joyce Watson MS suggesting farmers with perpetual bovine TB should ‘find another business' and Mike Hedge's MS saying 'there was no reason to subsidise agriculture'