Politics

The DUP will not back the proposed Windsor Framework when it goes before Parliament this week.

AHDB’s export team was in Dallas, Texas, last week for the Annual Meat Conference (AMC) as the levy board sought to promote British beef and lamb in the States. Ben Briggs joined the delegation and reports from the

Arguments between Government departments are playing a key role in denying British farmers the supply of the seasonal labour they need.

As grain prices trade at their weakest since the start of the Ukraine war, Cedric Porter takes a look at the factors impacting the market.

Political thinking around trade deals and agricultural policy risks undermining farmers’ roles in stemming the nature crisis, the head of the RSPB has warned.  

This week’s budget has garnered a mixed response from the farming sector, with some raising concerns that energy support for business and rural levelling up have been side lined in favour of more general economic gains, while others have welcomed clarity on property relief, pensions and machinery expenditure.

A new campaign to ‘Spare our land for food and nature’ has been launched by countryside charity CPRE.

Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt today delivered a budget devoid of any reference to farming, food or the rural economy, opting instead to focus on urban centres, childcare support and duty cuts.

Agricultural organisations have called for the Government to make tax changes ahead of the Chancellor’s Spring Budget (March 15), with the Tenant Farmers Association (TFA) urging the Government to implement the taxation

With a wide difference in incomes between different agricultural sectors this season, Cedric Porter reports on the latest Farm Business Income figures.