Politics

The Government has been accused of ‘failing to honour its promises to farmers’ after Defra Secretary Therese Coffey refused to set out concrete details for the future of the Environmental Land Management (ELM) scheme last week.

This week’s From the editor looks at how the Government should take note of the current farming situation.

Tress planted outside woodlands could be worth as much as £3.8 billion, a new Government study has claimed.

Government disregard for farmers and food production has led directly to the growing food crisis, NFU president Minette Batters has said. 

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Leader of the Liberal Democrat Party Sir Ed Davey has called on the Government to appoint a cross-departmental minister to address the needs of rural communities.

A new law to reduce farm equipment theft could come into force early next year after it received backing from MPs.

The three Environmental Land Management schemes are to remain in place incorporating an enhanced Countryside Stewardship scheme that will be more closely linked to Local Nature Recovery, the Secretary of State for Defra Therese Coffey, has revealed.

The Public and Commercial Services Union said it believed the strike action would have a major impact

Only half the amount of free range turkeys will be available this Christmas as a result of the avian flu outbreak, industry experts have confirmed.