Farm Life

The fight between Welsh Government and the UK Government over funding for farmers is likely to intensify in 2020, says Plaid Cymru Shadow Rural Affairs Minister Llyr Gruffydd.

A combination of miscalculated livestock emissions and ill-informed assumptions that cutting out red meat from people’s diets will stop global warming risks alienating farmers.

Achieving net zero in agriculture must not come at the expense of biodiversity loss or ’exporting’ our carbon emissions overseas.

Farm groups have slammed Channel 4 documentary Apocalypse Cow: How Meat Killed the Planet, after presenter and prominent farming critic George Monbiot claimed livestock farming was destroying the planet.

Consumers think farmers are central to tackling climate change and boosting nature but many do not think the industry is doing enough.

Sainsbury’s head of agriculture has said the retailer faces a challenge in not ‘getting ahead’ of its customers on cutting red meat consumption.

Consumers will want a greater stake in how their food is produced and demand it help improve their health and that of the planet over the coming 10 years.

Farmers without formal qualifications could be excluded from accessing Government funding or even tenancies over the next two or three years, a prominent peer has warned.

CHANNEL 4 and the BBC have come under fire from farm groups, who said the broadcasters have escalated media aggression towards the consumption of meat through ‘unbalanced’ reporting.

Tributes have been paid to NFU roadshow legend Johnny Ball, who died on Christmas Eve at the age of 71.