Politics

Fears are growing that the Shanghai Covid lockdown could be set to hit UK agricultural supply chains.

Soaring fertiliser prices are set to tighten the future supply of domestic food production, with the dairy, livestock and vegetable sectors hardest hit, according to the Tenant Farmers Association (TFA).

Farm groups are pushing for strong safeguards in any future trade deal with India to ensure production standards are protected.

Tributes have begun to pour in for Lord Henry Plumb, who died today aged 97.

Tributes have begun to pour in for Lord Henry Plumb, who died today aged 97.

The Farmers’ Union of Wales has stepped up its campaign to protect local producers by once more appealing to government and retailers to recognise the growing pressures the industry faces from the ongoing Russian war on Ukraine.

AHDB analysis in its latest Horizon report concluded the SFI will fall far short of offsetting direct payment losses and will only provide a small financial benefit to many farmers after costs are taken into account

The council at the heart of a row over its move to serve only plant-based dishes at council events has said it may ‘look again’ at suppliers after a number of council officials abandoned the group’s first meat-free feast in search of alternative fayre at the local pub and pictures posted on social media showed a decided lack of local produce.

Farm groups fears over the Australia trade deal are overheated and based on worst-case scenario projections, the chair of the Trade and Agriculture Commission (TAC) has said.

Farm groups’ fears over the Australia trade deal are ‘overheated’ and based on ‘worst-case scenario’ projections, the chair of the Trade and Agriculture Commission (TAC) has said.