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The UK Government must offer as much encouragement to farmers as possible to increase the country’s food self-sufficiency levels, TV star Jeremy Clarkson has said. 

The Government’s new commitment to soil health will be ’hollow words’ if the House of Commons rejects ’a crucial amendment’ to the Environmental Bill, the Soil Association (SA) has warned.

A UK funded study has identified several promising sources of virus yellows which could be used in commercial sugar beet crops via genome editing (GE).

But the union leaders’ top priority was lobbying MPs and ministers over the labour crisis

Industry chiefs have voiced safety concerns in light of the Government’s decision to scrap trailer tests for car drivers (B+E) later this year.

The Government is being urged to help reverse the downward trend in Britain’s food self-sufficiency on Back British Farming Day

Industry bodies have reacted with disappointment to rumours key parts of the planning shake-up could be dropped

The transition period impacts cow health, fertility and production, therefore, effective and efficient management during this time is key. 

Growers have until the end of November 2022 to use up all stocks of cyproconazole containing products.

As a farmer who took part in the UK Government’s genetically modified (GM) crop farm-scale evaluation trials 20 years ago, and as a passionate advocate of the importance of genetic innovation to healthier and more sustainable food production, I read your article ‘The term ‘gene editing’ is confusing consumers’ (FG, July 26) with an uneasy sense of deja vu and a concern that we must learn from past mistakes.