NFU vice president Stuart Roberts has said the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) is not the right body to oversee supply chain issues.
NFU vice president Stuart Roberts has warned farmers risk having their carbon credits ‘stolen’ by processors and retailers as the country moves towards its goal of net zero emissions by 2050.
The farming industry must pull together and present a ‘united front’ if farmers are to have any hope of maintaining some form of direct support post-Brexit, NFU combinable crops board chair Tom Bradshaw has warned.
NFU horticulture board chair Ali Capper has called on the UK Government to provide support for farmers to measure and monitor their carbon footprint.
The UK is set to lose at least one oilseed rape crusher if the planting area drops this autumn, according to NFU combinable crops board chair Tom Bradshaw.
A top agricultural lawyer has said the delinked payments promised in the Agriculture Bill ‘will not see the light of day’.
NFU deputy president Guy Smith has said politicians who control the BBC’s licence fee must tackle pro-vegan bias at the broadcaster.
A major processor has ‘broken ranks’ on the need to use a fixed cut-off date to age lambs, stalling progress on the rule change Defra was planning to introduce.
The Committee on Climate Change (CCC) has called on Ministers to introduce a ‘strong trade policy’ to block high carbon food imports.
The latest version of the Agriculture Bill was published by the Government last week. But what in it is new, and what are the next steps? Abi Kay has spoken to Defra to get the inside track.