Politics

In drawing together the disparate strands of social inequality, diet-related ill-health and the farming systems that underpin the food system, Henry Dimbleby’s National Food Strategy is a vast and challenging piece of work.

The ‘backbone of Britain’s rural communities’ will be broken if small farms are allowed to go bust, Prince Charles has warned.

The UK Government’s food tsar, Henry Dimbleby, has urged Ministers to guarantee the budget for farm payments until at least 2029 to ensure farmers are ‘properly recompensed’ for moving towards more sustainable practices.

Christopher Price, chief executive of the Rare Breeds Survival Trust, has written to Defra Secretary George Eustice after he appeared to dismiss concerns about the state of the abattoir network at Groundswell.

The Tenant Farmers Association has warned increased payment rates for the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) 2022 are not enough by themselves for farmers to enter the scheme.

The Tenant Farmers Association has warned increased payment rates for the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) 2022 ‘are not enough by themselves’ for farmers to enter the scheme.

But NFU Mutual warned farmers to plan carefully to make diversification a success and avoid tax pitfalls

The Welsh Government recently appointed the UKs first ever wildlife and rural crime co-ordinator. But what are his farming priorities? Abi Kay spoke to him to find out.

The Welsh Government recently appointed the UK’s first ever wildlife and rural crime co-ordinator. But what are his farming priorities? Abi Kay spoke to him to find out.

Farmers joining Defra’s new Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) from 2022 can expect payments 30 per cent higher than those calculated using income foregone methodology, Defra Secretary George Eustice has confirmed.