Food production

Young farmers said generations of UK citizens have no connection to farming or rural life, and added that has now been reflected by policy makers

Alan Titchmarsh has raised concern about the future of British farming if farmers are not supported to grow food and enrichen peoples' lives through management of the countryside

Sleaford and North Hykeham MP Dr Caroline Johnson writes for Farmers Guardian on how Inheritance Tax changes are impacting farming families and how solar farms are undermining farmers' ability to produce food

Farmers have grown concerned that Government's clean energy ambitions is posing a risk to food production, food security and the aesthetic of the countryside

The Government was recently asked how it is protecting farmers from being 'spied' on by vegans

Arable farmer Olly Harrison said the Government needed to consider the human impact of Inheritance Tax (IHT) changes on farmers' health and well-being

‘Closing the Welfare Gap: Why the UK Must Apply Its Animal Protection Standards to Imports' report has been praised for its ‘apt timing' with trade negotiations being brought into focus

The NFU said that with no legislative target for food production, it was the ‘poor relation' in negotiations and believed the Government was wrong to assume farm productivity levels would compensate for the loss of agricultural land

As part of their Beef Week campaign, Ulster Farmers Union wanted to highlight the positive impact beef production has on the economy and the environment

Earlier this month, the FUW wrote to the UK Government warning about the dangers of an unfavourable trade deal between the USA and UK