Phil Stocker

Trade sectors have warned that post-Brexit meat inspections on UK exports have become 'unsustainable'

Body to consider proposals for a more targeted system of support, focused on smaller abattoirs

Group argues more time is needed to assess existing populations and their impact on farm animals

This week's opinion from throughout the world of agriculture: Phil Stocker - chief executive of the National Sheep Association

Welsh farmers have already been counting the losses in trade due to bluetongue restrictions, but the sector will have to wait another two weeks before they can potentially take vaccinated livestock to one of eight eligible markets in England

What is regenerative farming? Do consumers understand what this means? The bigger question is, are people willing to pay more for food produced in this way? A brand-new Farmers Guardian survey showcases what farmers and consumers are really thinking

‘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

In today's Farming in Five, chief reporter Rachael Brown discusses Defra's announcement to give councils the power to seize and crush vehicles belonging to waste criminals and fly tippers after MPs warned that farming families were being pushed into 'debt and despair' due to criminals dumping waste on their land, plus the sheep industry's concerns that destocking the uplands is leading to 'increased' wildfire risks, and the 130 jobs at risk due to the planned closure of Arla's milk processing plant in North Yorkshire

National Sheep Association (NSA) chief executive Phil Stocker shares his thoughts following a meeting on March 17 with Farming Minister Daniel Zeichner and other industry leaders to discuss the closure of SFI

Patrick Holden, chief executive of the Sustainable Food Trust, has called for a ‘coalition of stakeholders' to reward farmers for ‘positive climate, nature and social outcomes' as part of a ‘Sustainable Markets Initiative'