Politics

The war in Ukraine has prompted a call for Ministers to give the new Environmental Land Management (ELM) scheme a bigger budget.

The Welsh Government has announced a £227m package of funding to replace the EU Rural Development Programme (RDP).

The Farmers Union of Wales (FUW) has reacted angrily to the news that Downing Street is exploring yet another delay to post-Brexit checks on food entering Britain, claiming it leaves domestic producers at a disadvantage.  

OF&G chief executive Roger Kerr said policy makers seemed reluctant to ’even mention the word’ yet used organic farms as examples of best practice

Defra has announced a package of measures to help farmers with the soaring cost of fertiliser.

Moorland payments for 2022 under Defra’s Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) have been increased by 60 per cent, following significant pressure from industry.

Feelings of fear and uncertainty around the future of farming and food security are dominating the lives of young farmers, a new study has found.

Russian president Vladimir Putin may have invaded Ukraine in order to leverage political power through the global food market, according to a top food systems researcher.

Russian president Vladimir Putin may have invaded Ukraine in order to ‘leverage political power’ through the global food market, according to a top food systems researcher.