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The future of apple and pear growing in the UK is ‘on a knife edge’ after it emerged that more than a third of planned orders for trees have been cancelled.

The farming industry has hit back following claims by a UK supermarket boss that producers are raising prices unnecessarily.

While Europe continues to import the lion’s share of UK sheep meat, global export markets are growing with AHDB identifying the US as a priority market for 2023.

Liberal Democrat MP Helen Morgan has accused a Government minister of ‘insulting’ British farmers, after he championed the benefits of buying New Zealand lamb.

The United States Government does not ‘have enough money’ to reward its farmers for adopting more sustainable practices, a top American official has said.

The UK throws away enough poultry to make 800 million Boxing Day curries, while the amount of potatoes that are binned could cook up Christmas Day roasties to satisfy for the nation for the next 48 years, according to new figures from non-governmental org

The UK egg sector is facing a situation as catastrophic as the 2001 foot-and-mouth crisis, a prominent producer has warned.

Industry leaders are calling for action after a new report revealed UK farmers are left with less than a penny of the profit of the food they produce.

Only half the amount of free range turkeys will be available this Christmas as a result of the avian flu outbreak, industry experts have confirmed.

Arla is to hold its member milk price until January 1, ahead of what it describes as a ‘negative outlook’.