Politics

Horticulture businesses have been ‘ignored’ in Defra’s Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) pilot, NFU vice president Tom Bradshaw has said.

Phasing out of Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) payments, rule changes due to Brexit and the impact of the pandemic have delivered a blow to farm businesses confidence, with short- and mid-term confidence remaining negative for the third year in a row.

An MP has accused Askham Bryan of ‘asset stripping’ Newton Rigg in a brutal Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee hearing.

Tariffs could become a feature of food trade between the UK and the EU if their policies diverge in key areas over the coming years, peers have warned.

New rules to protect the Amazon and other rainforests are set to hit UK farmers with added costs and paperwork.

Farm groups and vets have responded angrily to a Government decision to delay checks on EU food imports to Great Britain (GB).

The Chancellor’s measures announced last week could give businesses an opportunity to invest

Sir David Amess, Conservative MP for Southend West, has called on the Government to adopt his Bill banning farrowing crates from 2027.

A leading mental health farming charity in Wales has said controversial new regulations which introduce closed periods for slurry spreading are ‘likely to cause stress’ for farmers.

Farm and environmental groups have raised a series of concerns over the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) scheme pilot, after Defra published details of the scheme this week.