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Free traders need to stop pretending they're living in the Corn Laws era

Arable

Free traders need to stop pretending they're living in the Corn Laws era

There is no comparison to the UK’s food system in 2020 and the 1800s Corn Laws, and free traders are doing us all a disservice by denying this fact, says arable farmer and NFU Sugar Board member Tom Clarke.

clock 20 November 2020 • 6 min read
From the editor: Swathes of the industry rightly angered by Eustice's Brexit fix

Livestock

From the editor: Swathes of the industry rightly angered by Eustice's Brexit fix

Picture the scene. It is the end of 2021 and there has been a no-deal Brexit, while Basic Payments have also started to reduce in line with Government plans to move towards a more environmentally-based farming support structure.

clock 20 November 2020 • 2 min read
Relief felt as Scots LFA payments to continue

Farm Business

Relief felt as Scots LFA payments to continue

The Scottish Government has laid out its new regulations for farming ahead of the end of the EU Transition period on December 31.

clock 19 November 2020 • 1 min read
Food system change will make some farmers 'quite large losers'

Farm Business

Food system change will make some farmers 'quite large losers'

A Financial Times Global Food Systems Summit heard how changes to agricultural policy will disrupt the status quo and an MP admitted she was wrong to call for a meat tax to curb red meat consumption. Abi Kay reports.

clock 14 November 2020 • 2 min read
This majority-Tory Parliament cannot be trusted to protect standards in trade deals

Arable

This majority-Tory Parliament cannot be trusted to protect standards in trade deals

Ministers have finally given Parliament more power to scrutinise trade deals, but the Parliament which will be scrutinising is the same Tory-majority one which has voted time and again not to protect our standards. I am not popping the champagne cork just yet, says Liberal Democrat MP Tim Farron.

clock 13 November 2020 • 3 min read
If Scottish farmers are to address the climate emergency, they need fair trade deals

Arable

If Scottish farmers are to address the climate emergency, they need fair trade deals

If Scottish farmers are to address the climate emergency, they need guarantees that they will not be undercut by cheap, environmentally damaging imports from abroad, says John Finnie, Green MSP for the Highlands and Islands.

clock 13 November 2020 • 2 min read
Just-in-time food supply chains won't survive being thrown in at the Brexit deep end

Livestock

Just-in-time food supply chains won't survive being thrown in at the Brexit deep end

The UK is not as ready as it should be for the end of the Brexit transition, and it’s hard to see how the current lean, just-in-time meat and dairy supply chains will survive, says Shane Brennan, chief executive of the Cold Chain Federation.

clock 13 November 2020 • 5 min read
From the editor: Ag policy transition could remove incentive for farmers

Farm Life

From the editor: Ag policy transition could remove incentive for farmers

If readers of Farmers Guardian were to look at their favourite landscapes they would no doubt see vistas shaped by agriculture, with farmers at their heart.

clock 13 November 2020 • 2 min read
UK millers ready for a second wave of banana bread

Arable

UK millers ready for a second wave of banana bread

Increased production and commercial innovation prevented flour shortages during the first lockdown – so there’s no need to panic this time, says National Association of British and Irish Millers (nabim) director Alex Waugh.

clock 11 November 2020 • 3 min read
Truss attempts to reassure Welsh sheep farmers about New Zealand trade deal

Livestock

Truss attempts to reassure Welsh sheep farmers about New Zealand trade deal

Trade Secretary Liz Truss has attempted to reassure Welsh sheep farmers about the prospect of a UK-New Zealand trade deal.

clock 10 November 2020 • 2 min read