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Farmers need time to adjust to EU rule alignment, warns NFU
The government has published the first list of regulations expected to fall under the UK’s future sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) agreement with the…
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Farm leaders push for Finance Bill amendments to safeguard tenancies
Farm leaders are urging the government to back key amendments to the Finance Bill, warning that failure to act could harm tenant farmers across the…
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MPs raise alarm as Defra workforce shrinks by 15%
Defra has cut around 15% of its workforce in the past year, with further reductions planned as MPs warn the department risks losing vital expertise…
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Food and farming businesses told to get ready for EU trade reset
Food and farming businesses are being urged to prepare for a new UK-EU trade deal designed to reduce trade barriers and support exports of British…
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Middle East tensions and economic outlook could shape UK farming, says AHDB
Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ spring statement may have contained few policy surprises, but AHDB says the economic outlook — set against renewed conflict…
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Labour trails in fourth place in rural Wales poll ahead of Senedd election
Labour is trailing in fourth place in rural Wales ahead of the next Senedd election, new polling suggests. The survey, commissioned by the Country…
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MPs tour UK's largest dairy plant to see future of British milk production
MPs have been given a first-hand look at the future of British dairy after touring the UK’s largest fresh milk processing plant and a nearby farm…
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Soil Association Scotland calls for 10% of farmland to go organic
Soil Association Scotland has thrown down a pre-election challenge to Holyrood’s political parties, calling for 10% of the nation’s farmland to be…
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High Court to hear urgent challenge over farm inheritance tax reforms
A High Court battle over inheritance tax reforms that could reshape the future of family farms will be heard by a panel of senior judges later this…
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Countryside vote up for grabs as manifesto challenges Welsh government
Rural Wales is shaping up to be a decisive front in this year's Senedd elections, with countryside voters warning they feel increasingly overlooked…
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