Politics

Concerns action could lead to port chaos and disruption to food production

On Tuesday (October 24), the EFRA Committee will question Therese Coffey MP on the implementation of Environmental Land Management schemes, risks from avian flu, possible poultry vaccination and the 'serious difficulties facing tenant farmers'

Politicisation of bovine TB is one of the reasons the disease crisis spiralled so badly out of control, and Labour's pledge to end badger culling if it comes to power next year therefore risks undoing all the progress that has been made.

The Lifelong Education Institute's new report has urged the Government to categorise food security, accessibility, and sustainability as a public good and give the agri-food sector the status of a strategic industry

The vote has been welcomed welcomed by rural campaigners at the Countryside Alliance and the NFU

Proposals were announced which included cutting livestock numbers to meet 2030 targets

The Alliance to Save Our Antibiotics has criticised education and healthcare providers for failing to stop farmers from ‘overusing' antibiotics on farms

Defra criticised for 'missing the point' when it comes to its new entrant pilot schemes

The Tenant Farmers Association said each week it was hearing from a ‘growing number' of farmers losing access to tenanted land or being told their Farm Business Tenancies would not be renewed

With voters expected to go the polls in around 12 months' time, livestock farmers told Farmers Guardian future policy on controlling bTB should not be part of ‘the political debate to be used as a vote winner'