Politics

The displacement of productive farming by forestry has been branded essentially immoral by NFU Scotland vice-president Andrew Connon.

Britain’s food industry needs to raise its productivity and sustainability by investing in skills and becoming more resilient to shocks.

The Foundation for Common Land (FCL) has hit out at the ongoing exclusion of commoners from Defra’s new Environmental Land Management (ELM) scheme.

Party conference season is upon us again.

The Royal Association of British Dairy Farmers (RABDF) has urged shoppers not to panic buy dairy products, following reports of farmers having to dump their milk due to HGV lorry driver shortages.

Defra Secretary George Eustice has said farmers will need to cut mineral fertiliser use ‘quite significantly’ in order to meet the country’s net zero emissions target.

Gene editing (GE) and the use of innovative breeding technologies is firmly on the agenda within Westminster, as evidenced by the announced on GE by George Eustice.

Pork processors have hit back after Defra Secretary George Eustice accused them of ‘ripping up their contracts’ with British farmers as the crisis in the pig sector intensified.

The NFU has urged Ministers to delay Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) reductions due to hit farmers in 2022 and 2023, with president Minette Batters warning the industry is on a ‘knife edge’.

The NFU has urged Ministers to delay Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) reductions due to hit farmers in 2022 and 2023, with president Minette Batters warning the industry is on a knife edge.