Farming opinion: Securing access to labour must be priority, however we leave the EU
No one can provide an indication of the next step on our journey to a post Brexit future.
Farming opinion: Securing access to labour must be priority, however we leave the EU
No one can provide an indication of the next step on our journey to a post Brexit future.
Opinion Why Michael Gove should stick to his plan to cap direct payments
No one who has been listening carefully to the many speeches made by environment secretary Michael Gove, who has just passed his first anniversary in the role, or taken the time to read the Health and Harmony Command Paper, can be in any doubt that our exit from the European Union next March will usher in major change in policy for domestic agriculture.
Opinion Why Michael Gove should stick to his plan to cap direct payments
No one who has been listening carefully to the many speeches made by environment secretary Michael Gove, who has just passed his first anniversary in the role, or taken the time to read the Health and Harmony Command Paper, can be in any doubt that our exit from the European Union next March will usher in major change in policy for domestic agriculture.
Government ‘must deliver confidence for farmers in 2018’ - TFA chief
The turn of the year is always a good time both to evaluate the impact of past decisions and look forward to what might lie ahead in the year to come.
Farming opinion: Putting together a productive post-Brexit agricultural policy
The major headlines dominating the Brexit landscape centre on the size of the divorce bill the UK will have to pay, citizens’ rights including what will happen to the free movement of labour, what our new trading relationship will be both with the EU and the rest of the world and just how much will the UK see as a financial saving once our exit is complete. Somewhat less prominent are the ongoing discussions about what a post Brexit agricultural policy might look like.
Farming Comment: It’s time to reconsider our food security, says TFA chief executive George Dunn
The row over some British retailers sourcing lamb from New Zealand and Australia over the Easter period is more than just a jingoistic storm in a teacup, but perhaps a precursor to a wider debate that needs to take place about the extent to which we need to reconsider issues of food security and food self-sufficiency in the UK.
