Food security 'wake-up call' as farmers cut production

Food security must become a key focus of future agricultural policy as new statistics revealed the huge uncertainty farmers were feeling due to rocketing input prices.

Ben Briggs
Ben Briggs is the group publisher and editor in chief of Agriconnect, overseeing the media business and titles such as Farmers Guardian, Dairy Farmer and Arable Farming.
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Food security 'wake-up call' as farmers cut production

Food security must become a key focus of future agricultural policy as new statistics revealed the huge uncertainty farmers were feeling due to rocketing input prices. An NFU Cymru survey of more than...

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