Politics

The UK Government is facing legal action over its failure to give the public a say on post-Brexit trade deals, with farm and environmental groups joining forces to challenge the approach.

Defra Secretary Victoria Prentis has said she is ‘happy’ with the initial take-up of the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI). Abi Kay and Angela Calvert report.

Farming Minister Victoria Prentis said she will be backing Rishi Sunak to be the next leader of the Conservative Party. Abi Kay and Angela Calvert report.

Maybe it was the oppressive heat in the NFU Cymru marquee that caused Wales’ First Minister Mark Drakeford to momentarily lose his cool, or perhaps it was simply his own personal strength of feeling on the issue of water quality, but he was clearly irritated by the line of questioning regarding Nitrate Vulnerable Zones (NVZ).

The heat was, quite literally, on at the Royal Welsh Show, Llanelwedd, as it returned for the first time in three years in scorching temperatures. Ben Briggs reports.

TFA Cymru has highlighted significant concerns about how tenant farmers will access the new Sustainable Farming Scheme (SFS) in Wales.

The EU has moved to block imports of crops grown using neonicotinoids it has banned.

Any new Prime Minister must support agricultural innovation if they are serious about ensuring food security, says Josh Woolliscroft, head of policy and public affairs at CropLifeUK.

As the contest to become the UK’s next Prime Minister hots up, industry chiefs outline their predictions at this year’s GYS and what this could mean for future agricultural policy.

Defra Secretary George Eustice has batted away concerns raised by the Climate Change Committee (CCC) that agriculture’s progress on cutting emissions is ‘glacial’.