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The delay in signing a post-Brexit trade deal with India is cause for optimism on the Government’s trade agenda, according to National Food Strategy author Henry Dimbleby.

Farm groups have reiterated the importance of supporting domestic production, amid warnings that the price of imported food is rising faster than home-grown produce.

Getting British lamb into the United States has been difficult to get over the line, taking between seven to eight years to gain access for the first shipments.

Concerns have been raised about the leadership of farmer-owned meat business Farmers First after several dividend cheques bounced.

The Government has been urged to publish an analysis of the risks its trade deal with New Zealand pose to food security.

Christmas meat supplies could be under threat if proposed action by the Food Standards Association (FSA) goes ahead.

New Defra Secretary Ranil Jayawardena has identified the Gulf, India and South East Asia as export markets which will provide farmers with a greater return for British meat.

Exports of Welsh lamb to new markets have rocketed by 227 per cent, demonstrating ’real appetite’ for renowned red meat brands, Hybu Cig Cymru (HCC) chair Catherine Smith has said.

The Environment Food and Rural Affairs (EFRA) Committee has urged the new Government to reconsider its response to a report on the impact of the Australian free trade agreement (FTA), after a ‘disappointing’ response from the

The sheep sector has expressed its delight that British lamb has been exported to US for the first time in more than two decades, following ‘many years of hard work’.