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Farm subsidies could improve animal welfare, RSPCA claims
Specially targeted farm subsidies could improve animal welfare to meet the government’s ambitions for the highest quality food standards post-Brexit…
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British farmers will 'no longer be at top of value chain' if standards are undermined
Undermining regulation and welfare standards will mean British farmers are no longer at the top of the value chain, Defra Secretary Michael Gove has…
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New group formed to promote environment friendly farming
A group of farmers have called on the government to create a post-Brexit framework that will help farmers restore aspects of the British environment…
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Govt urged to break silence on plans to extend GCA to cover whole supply chain
The government has been called to break its silence on plans to extend the remit of the Groceries Code Adjudicator to cover the whole of the retail…
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Gove 'must end agricultural land used as tax haven' - Greens
The Green Party has urged Defra Secretary Michel Gove to end the use of agricultural land as a 'tax haven'. Green Party MEP Molly Scott Cato said she…
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Industry reaction to Gove's farm subsidy announcement
Michael Gove's call for a move away from farming "subsidies for inefficiency" in a speech on his vision for the future of farming has attracted a…
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Gove 'determined to drive change' in farming industry under four areas
Defra Secretary Michael Gove has said he is "determined to drive change" to champion British food and farming in four areas. At the Oxford Farming…
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'Real danger' of 'threatened' UK food security if Brexit undermines farmers
Brexit trade deals could threaten UK food security if the government undermines farmers with future trade deals, according to a new report. MPs and…
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Gove announces plans to change farm subsidies in 'green Brexit' overhaul
Farmers will receive money to make improvements to the environment under a new system of subsidies, Defra Secretary Michael Gove has announced. In a…
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Brexit and vegan activism 'challenges' for pig industry in 2018
The new year will bring many opportunities, chief among them being the challenge of negotiating a good Brexit deal for the pig industry and battling…
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