Food security

The committee has urged the Government to look at five key areas in 2024:- food security, fairness in the supply chain, future farming policy, labour shortages and the introduction of a Tenant Farming Commissioner

This week from Farmers Guardian editor Olivia Midgley

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The NFU is calling for the Government to recognise 'the extraordinary nature' of what has been the wettest 18 months since 1836, warning that many farms may be unable to survive

A passion for high-quality and locally sourced produce has seen Matt Silvester and Helen Freeman establish a herd of Saddleback pigs

NFU president Tom Bradshaw said Steve Barclay had been clear the Government would continue the BPS phase-out, and the union are considering how hard they are prepared to ‘fight' on the issue

This week from Farmers Guardian editor Olivia Midgley (April 25)

With the focus on landlord-tenant relationships at the NFU tenant conference, some farmers felt more needed to be done to tackle bad practice by landlords and their land agents

At the time I pitched this article, Defra announced changes to the Sustainable Farming Incentive to ensure that food production remained the primary purpose of farming – I think that farmers already know this is the purpose

This week from Farmers Guardian editor Olivia Midgley (April 18)