Politics

The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Efra) Committee has said farmers should feel reassured after the Government announced its support for the committee’s recent tree planting report.

A senior Defra employee has said he is concerned that farmers do not trust the Government department enough to fully engage with ELMS.

Foreign pork products from systems using farrowing crates would not be allowed to be imported if the UK Government chose to ban them here, Farming Minister Victoria Prentis has said.

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.

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.

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

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.