Red Tractor

Tom Porter has developed a new app, AgriAudit, with the ambition to 'reduce farmers anxieties around audits'

Commissioners leading the Farm Assurance Review have extended the deadline for responses to the farmer survey to September 7

Red Tractor interim chair Alistair Mackintosh said his focus was on improving farmers trust in Red Tractor, through 'greater transparency and increasing audit efficiency.'

"We are seeking views, in a variety of ways, across the UK agri-food industry, but this is your chance to tell us your experiences of farm assurance so that we hear directly from the farming community".

Dr David Llewellyn, the review's lead commissioner said: "We are seeking further views to inform the review, and this is the opportunity for the supply chain to tell us their experiences of farm assurance. This is so that we hear directly from the food industry community on this important topic"

The lead commissioner for the farm assurance review Dr David Llewellyn confirmed there had been 1,800 responses so far, adding he was confident they would have enough evidence by the end of August

Red Tractor interim chair, Alistair Mackintosh provoked frustration from farmers and auctioneers after comments he was achieving better prices due to Red Tractor assurance than he would have done at the auction mart

This week's letter from Red Tractor's Interim Chair Alistair Mackintosh

This week's letters from Farmers Guardian readers

The independent review of the UK farm assurance is expected to publish its findings at the end of this year