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Conservative leadership hopeful Liz Truss has said she will not introduce a Soviet-style food self-sufficiency target as called for by the NFU if she wins the election next week.

Conservative leadership hopeful Liz Truss has said she will not introduce a ‘Soviet-style’ food self-sufficiency target as called for by the NFU if she wins the election next week.

The Government has introduced controls on the movement of pork and pork products into Great Britain in a bid to protect the domestic pig herd from African swine fever (ASF).

Conservative leadership candidate Rishi Sunak was grilled by farmers and the press during an NFU hustings held at the union’s headquarters in Stoneleigh last week. Abi Kay reports on the highlights.

Farmers in Canada are the latest to take to the streets as protests against fertiliser curbs and rising costs gather pace across the globe. 

The UK’s border testing regime is not robust enough to stop Indian food with illegally high pesticide levels from entering the country should a trade deal between the two nations be agreed, campaigners have warned.

The UK Government has been urged not to rush a UK-India trade deal, which is expected to be ‘particularly challenging’ due to India’s history of trade protectionism and preference for ‘thin’ deals.

The heat was, quite literally, on at the Royal Welsh Show, Llanelwedd, as it returned for the first time in three years in scorching temperatures. Ben Briggs reports.

The EU has moved to block imports of crops grown using neonicotinoids it has banned.

MPs have urged Ministers to offset any agricultural losses resulting from future trade deals by boosting spend on export promotion for food and drink.