foot-and-mouth

Liberal Democrat MP Dr Danny Chambers said the UK needs to get serious and start preparing for the next animal disease outbreak

Farmers across the country are feeling the pressure of the current Labour Government's policy changes and apparent lack of understanding of agriculture, but what happened last time Labour were in power?

Personal import restrictions remain in place on products from the European Union

Aberystwyth University student Charlotte Beer discusses changes to Inheritance Tax, how generational farming could change due to the proposed taxation, and the impact of trade deals which 'harm' British farmers

Minister for Food Security and Rural Affairs Daniel Zeichner writes about need to adhere to scrupulous biosecurity measures in the wake of foot-and-mouth cases detected in mainland Europe

Farming Minister Daniel Zeichner said new restrictions could protect British farmers from the threat posed by foot-and-mouth disease in mainland Europe

Newly appointed chief executive Richard Lewis said: "Now more than ever, the UK needs a strong, science-led Animal and Plant Health Agency"

In today's Farming in Five, chief reporter Rachael Brown discusses President Donald Trump's 10% import tariffs and the impact on UK agriculture, the Farming Minister apologies to farmers who were unable to access SFI since its abrupt closure, the Government is warned not to go back on its word to seize and crush vehicles found to be importing illegal meat across the border, amid multiple disease threats, and the date for the new series of Clarkson's Farm has been announced

With foot-and-mouth disease cases confirmed in Germany, Hungary and Slovakia over recent months, Defra has been urged to decisively strengthen the UK's border security

On today's Farming in Five, chief reporter Rachael Brown gives the latest on the first case of avian flu found in a single sheep in Yorkshire, the foot-and-mouth outbreak in Slovakia – where the disease has been found on three separate farms, and the Tenant Farmers Association's call on Defra to allow 'in-flight' SFI applications to be processed