Politics

Farming policy, solar energy and animal health were top of farmers’ minds at the Royal Cornwall Show last week, where George Eustice hosted a Q&A session. Ruth Wills reports.

Running a bath can have a higher carbon footprint than eating 4oz of British beef, the author of a new book has said.

Food is always top of my agenda, personally and politically. But both the pandemic and the war in Ukraine have brought the importance of food into particularly sharp focus for us all.

The Scottish Government has argued that protecting agricultural production standards will only be possible in future if the country breaks away from the UK. Abi Kay and Ewan Pate reports.

MPs have urged Ministers to offset any agricultural losses resulting from future trade deals by boosting spend on export promotion for food and drink.

Grass-fed beef and lamb would become the UKs staple meats if the country were to switch to 100 per cent regenerative farming, a new report has found.

Fears are growing that Welsh holiday lets could be subjected to a firebombing campaign similar to the one carried out by Meibion Glyndŵr in the 1980s and 90s.

Grass-fed beef and lamb would become the UK’s ‘staple meats’ if the country were to switch to 100 per cent regenerative farming, a new report has found.

A Government plan to ’make it easier’ to convert redundant farm barns and buildings has sparked mixed reactions among industry chiefs.

The Government has committed to ‘broadly maintaining’ current levels of domestic food production in its new Food Strategy, as reported two weeks ago by Farmers Guardian.