Environment
UK government launches new Environment Bill outlining 5 key principles
Government ministers will aim to put protecting the environment at the heart of future policy, under new plans set out...
Agri Politics
Environment
Government encourages farmers to take part in Sustainable Farming Incentive pilot
Farmers are being encouraged to take part in the pilot of the Sustainable Farming Incentive – the next step in...
Agri Politics
TFA urges government to address threats faced by farm business tenancies
The Tenant Farmers’ Association (TFA) is urging governments on both sides of the England and Wales border to address serious...
Agri Politics
Report shows dog owners not present in 89% of livestock worrying cases
Farmers in Wales, who are frustrated with ongoing livestock attacks, heard what proposed changes to the law could help police...
Agri Politics
Government must rethink 'grossly unfair' Budget for agricultural sector
A property tax specialist has urged Chancellor Rishi Sunak to rethink his super-deduction giveaway announced in the Budget as it...
Agri Politics
NFU Cymru has expressed 'profound disappointment' on water regulation vote
NFU Cymru has expressed profound disappointment that a vote on a motion to annul all-Wales NVZ regulations was narrowly lost...
Agri Politics
Water regulations vote a 'betrayal of Welsh farming' - FUW
The Farmers’ Union of Wales (FUW) has expressed its bitter disappointment with Senedd members who failed to support a motion...
Agri Politics
Farm businesses can play a 'key role' in investment-led recovery - NFU
National Farmers Union (NFU) president Minette Batters said that the new budget announced by Rishi Sunak today (March 3), “underlines...
Agri-Business
Food and drink manufacturers will 'welcome' today’s budget - FDF
The chief executive of the Food and Drink Federation (FDF), Ian Wright CBE, said that food and drink manufacturers will...
Agri Politics
NFU Cymru questions lawfulness of new water quality regulations
NFU Cymru’s lawyers have written to the Welsh government to question the lawfulness of the decision to introduce new water...
Agri Politics
Requirement for a 'tough balance to be struck' on trade deals and food standards
The National Farmers’ Union (NFU) has responded to the report by the Trade and Agriculture Commission (TAC). NFU president Minette...
Agri Politics
Consultation proposals will cause 'significant disruption to livestock transportation'
NFU Cymru has said that many proposals within the Welsh government and Defra’s Welfare in Transport consultation will cause significant...
Agri Politics
Young farmers must 'not be left behind' - Roberts
The Farmers’ Union of Wales (FUW) president Glyn Roberts has stressed the importance of the Wales YFC at the virtual...
Agri Politics
Safe transport is 'fundamental' to Scottish livestock industry - NFU Scotland
Given the vital role that transport plays in Scotland’s livestock industry, NFU Scotland has been deeply critical of proposals included...
Agri Politics
FDF urges government to review industry regulatory burdens
Ahead of the Chancellor’s budget announcement next week, the Food and Drink Federation (FDF) chief executive, Ian Wright CBE, has...
Dairy
Water regulations will 'kill off' Welsh family dairy farms - FUW
The Farmers’ Union of Wales (FUW) Milk and Dairy Produce committee says tenants, young farmers, new entrants and small and...
Agri Politics
Building on TCA must be a 'priority' for UK government and EU Commission
NFU Scotland is calling on both the UK government and the EU Commission to build on the Trade and Cooperation...
Agri Politics
Eustice backs growers' vote to abolish horticulture levy
Growers opposed to the continuation of a compulsory levy to fund the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) have welcomed...
