Food security

This week food price caps, climate change and conflict have dominated the agenda. But surely the time for talk is over - just back our farmers and let them get on with the job

Efra committee told decades of food security neglect has left UK in perilous position

TFA said war in the Middle East is squeezing tenant farm businesses hard

Committee says British way of life is under threat from heat, flooding and drought

Gov schemes must aid transition as farmers battle input costs and climate crisis

The Central Association of Agricultural Valuers warns the UK will start feeling the impacts of the crisis in the Gulf so farmers need to prepare while Government need to keep the situation under close review

The union says retailers must meet with the sector to discuss the current situation and formulate a plan moving forward as a collective

With red diesel costs on the rise due to conflict in the Middle East, the decision to increase fuel duty will only see prices spike further

If war in the Middle East has taught us anything, it is that the UK needs to build a resilient food system which values domestic food production and the farmers who work incredibly hard to make that a reality

The Aberdeenshire firm was unable to secure a buyer for the business following a turbulent few years of rising costs, regulatory pressures, volatility in meat prices and barriers to domestic farming