Politics

There’s no doubt Corbyn is the midwife to Brexit, and it’s for the best his political career is now over, says Hywel Davies, who is a partner at Cyfreithwyr Llys Cennen Solicitors and helps his parents run the Aman flock of pedigree Texel sheep, the 2018 Champion Flock of Wales.

Farmers are working 65 hours a week and struggling to recruit new staff. It’s time for industry to start collecting data on how labour shortages are affecting farmers’ mental health and wellbeing, says Cheshire dairy farmer Phil Latham.

Eustice’s appointment as Defra Secretary seemed to be a popular one among farmers, but this just shows they haven’t been paying attention, says Hywel Davies, who is a partner at Cyfreithwyr Llys Cennen Solicitors and helps his parents run the Aman flock of pedigree Texel sheep, the 2018 Champion Flock of Wales.

Long-serving Farming Minister George Eustice has been promoted to Defra Secretary after his former boss, Theresa Villiers, was given the sack.

MPs have been told the Agriculture Bill must contain a sector-specific target to reach net zero emissions by 2040.

A set of goals shared between the farming and food industries and government has led to trade wins for New Zealand over the years, according to government and industry representatives from the country.

A leading agrisupply group has told Farmers Guardian it is ‘difficult to predict’ if new controls on EU imports will have an impact on input prices for farmers.

The NFU has said leaving the EU provides England with an opportunity to take a different approach to reducing nitrate pollution.

Plans to demolish a leading independent abattoir in the north of England have been met with resistance in the farming community.

A top agricultural lawyer has warned the English agriculture budget could be swallowed up by non-farmers after the Brexit transition period ends.