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A culture of total risk aversion in the Food Standards Agency (FSA) and foot-dragging in Defra is holding back progress in the farming sector, industry leaders have warned.

A culture of ‘total risk aversion’ in the Food Standards Agency (FSA) and ‘foot-dragging’ in Defra is holding back progress in the farming sector, industry leaders have warned.

Farmers have been reminded about the legal requirements to use white diesel at fundraising events such as tractor runs or ploughing matches.

PAUL TIPPETTS and Christine Williams, Shifnal, dispersed the Blue Texel, Beltex, Texel and Badger Face Texels pedigree females from their Wilodge and Hackney flocks at Carlisle, setting three new breed reocords.

Reports of soaring energy price rises of almost £1,000 a month have prompted calls for the Government to act as farming businesses feel the pinch.

The cooperative said there was a positive outlook for milk prices going forward

Government agriculture policy must support food production as well as nature recovery, says Adrian Ramsay, co-leader of the Green Party of England and Wales.

Demand was strong while supply had not recovered to the expected levels in 2021

As a new year begins, I look back over 2021 and cannot help but think of how much the agricultural industry had to overcome.