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Could an emergency cut to fuel duty help farmers who are dealing with price shocks to key farm inputs from war in the Middle East?

Sir Ed Davey has called for the Government to back British farmers hammered by spiking costs

Keep an eye on the latest trends in the fuel markets as the crisis in the Middle East continues

European farming leaders have highlighted the mounting pressures hitting the sector

Suffolk Central MP Jenny Riddell-Carpenter said UK food prices could go if the Government does not act to support farmers with skyrocketing fertiliser costs

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

Former Defra Secretary George Eustice draws on his experience of dealing with price shocks during war in Ukraine to offer some long-term solutions which could help UK farmers contending with challenges from war in the Middle East

How is war in the Middle East impacting UK farmers? Is the Government doing enough to support domestic food producers as costs for key farm inputs spiral? And are farmers ready to hold protests across the UK?

UK growers are under renewed pressure from conflict in the Middle East, and all at a time when margins were already under significant strain

At a time when UK farmers are facing increasing pressure from a conflict taking place thousands of miles from British shores, the Government has been challenged to step up and support food producers before it is too late