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Government calls on farmers to help design new £30m fund
Farmers are being invited to help shape a new £30m government fund aimed at strengthening collaboration and resilience across the countryside…
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Sugar beet industry calls for trade safeguards at Westminster reception
With trade pressures mounting and food security rising up the political agenda, Britain’s sugar beet sector has taken its case directly to…
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'Finding 4G is like striking gold': MPs hit out over countryside coverage
Rural Britain is still battling dead zones and dropped calls, MPs have warned, despite official claims that mobile coverage is steadily improving…
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Labour peers warn trail hunting ban risks further rural backlash
Senior Labour peers have publicly challenged the government’s plan to ban trail hunting, warning it risks further alienating rural Britain and…
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NI farmers 'in the dark' over bluetongue as union hits out at DAERA
Northern Ireland farmers are growing increasingly frustrated and uncertain as a lack of clear communication from the Department of Agriculture…
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Farmers warn historic bridge shutdown could hit farm traffic
Farmers in Solihull have warned that closing a key rural bridge could create serious disruption for agricultural traffic, as tractors took to the…
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NFU Cymru warns £100m loss to rural economy as dairy downturn bites
Welsh dairy farmers have seen milk prices fall by up to 15p per litre since the autumn, prompting NFU Cymru to press ministers for urgent action to…
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MPs warn UK dairy farmers could face import pressure under India trade deal
Dairy farmers could face increased import competition under the UK’s new trade deal with India, MPs have warned during a debate in parliament…
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Farmers target Tesco in NI as UK-wide inheritance tax campaign escalates
Pressure is mounting on major supermarkets as Farmers For Action (FFA) enters its third week of protests in Northern Ireland over inheritance tax and…
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New Defra-backed survey aims to improve tenant farming relations
Tenant farmers are being asked to speak up on fairness and landlord relationships as a new survey launches across the farming tenancy sector. Alan…
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