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European farming leaders have highlighted the mounting pressures hitting the sector

With red diesel costs on the rise due to conflict in the Middle East, the decision to increase fuel duty will only see prices spike further

This week from the Farmers Guardian editor Katie Jones

Suffolk Central MP Jenny Riddell-Carpenter said UK food prices could go if the Government does not act to support farmers with skyrocketing fertiliser costs

If war in the Middle East has taught us anything, it is that the UK needs to build a resilient food system which values domestic food production and the farmers who work incredibly hard to make that a reality

Former Defra Secretary George Eustice draws on his experience of dealing with price shocks during war in Ukraine to offer some long-term solutions which could help UK farmers contending with challenges from war in the Middle East

How is war in the Middle East impacting UK farmers? Is the Government doing enough to support domestic food producers as costs for key farm inputs spiral? And are farmers ready to hold protests across the UK?

Like farmers in the UK, food producers in the US are facing an uphill battle with skyrocketing increases to key farm inputs

UK growers are under renewed pressure from conflict in the Middle East, and all at a time when margins were already under significant strain

Party pledges to remove Westminster domination and put farming and food at the heart of its government