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Agriculture Bill 'falls short' of farming's 'essential ingredients', NFU says
The NFU has criticised the Agriculture Bill for "falling short" of the "essential ingredients" for a profitable and progressive food and farming…
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Over 100 MPs pledge to back British food and farming
Well over 100 politicians from across the political spectrum displayed their support for the British farming industry by wearing a wheat-pin badge…
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'Green Brexit': Gove publishes long-awaited Agriculture Bill
The government has published the long-awaited Agriculture Bill which seeks to steer UK farm policy towards one which invests more in the environment…
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Brexit: Welsh government slams farming union's 'misleading campaign'
A farming union has been accused of undertaking a "misleading campaign" in relation to the end of direct support in Wales. In an open letter to Welsh…
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Pilot worker scheme will have 'little effect' on current shortages UK farms
The government's new pilot scheme to attract non-EU farm workers after Brexit has been criticised by farmers and growers for not going far enough to…
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British farmer takes pesticide message to heart of the EU
A West Midlands farmer was in Brussels this week to take his message about safe use of pesticides directly to lawmakers in the European Parliament…
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Hormone-treated beef entering UK could lead to public boycott, report warns
Beef from cattle given growth-boosting hormones could enter the UK food supply if standards are sacrificed as part of a post-Brexit trade deal, a new…
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New policies 'must promote productive and competitive farming'
Any new agricultural policy must start with the objective of securing a productive and competitive farming industry by supporting farmers in their…
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Brexit risks creating a 'two-tier food system between rich and poor'
A 'no-deal' Brexit risks creating a dangerous two-tier food system between rich and poor, a major new report by a think-tank has warned. The less…
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Non-EU migrant labour to work on UK farms in new pilot scheme
Non-EU migrant workers will now be able to work on British farms for six months in a new pilot scheme announced by the government. The two year pilot…
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