Politics

The UK’s ability to respond to a future animal disease outbreak is being put at risk by a shortage of vets across the country, the British Veterinary Association (BVA) has warned.

A new deal between the UK and the EU will allow breeding sheep to be moved from Great Britain to Northern Ireland (NI) again, after Brexit imposed an effective moratorium.

Farm groups have expressed concern about the ongoing UK-EU row over Northern Ireland, which risks putting a calamitous no-deal Brexit scenario back on the table.

Farm groups have expressed concern about the ongoing UK-EU row over Northern Ireland, which risks putting a ‘calamitous’ no-deal Brexit scenario back on the table.

Farming Minister Victoria Prentis has said the Government will not accept a key recommendation from Henry Dimbleby’s National Food Strategy to protect standards in trade deals.

CLA analysis shows rural businesses are set to lose out of hundreds of millions under revised funding plans unveiled in the budget

CLA analysis shows rural businesses are set to lose out of hundreds of millions under revised funding plans unveiled in the budget

A silent cull is taking place on UK poultry breeder farms due to the ongoing labour crisis, chair of the British Poultry Council Graeme Dear has warned.

A ‘silent cull’ is taking place on UK poultry breeder farms due to the ongoing labour crisis, chair of the British Poultry Council Graeme Dear has warned.

As world leaders gathered in Glasgow this week for the COP26 climate summit, the irony of their collective carbon footprint was lost on no one.