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UK agriculture

  • Monday, 14 October, 2024
    UK farmers forced to cut food production to stay viable, warns NFU

    Terrible harvest and falling subsidies force businesses to embrace greener alternatives, says Tom Bradshaw

    Tom Bradshaw, President of the NFU on his farm near Colchester
  • Monday, 23 September, 2024
    UK employment
    Labour shortages squeezing UK food supply, warns dairy group Arla

    Wage inflation and end of free movement threaten Britain’s food security, says Danish co-operative

    Workers attaching milking clusters to cows in a dairy farm in Romford, Essex.
  • Friday, 26 July, 2024
    EU fishing
    Brussels abandons crackdown on overfishing

    European Commission drops possible legal action against five member states for failing to police ban on discarding fish

    Mackerel, mantis shrimps, mullet, prawns, sole and cuttlefish are caught by a trawling net aboard a fishing vessel in Rimini, Italy
  • Tuesday, 25 June, 2024
    News in-depthUK general election 2024
    English farmers rethink Tory allegiance over ‘botched’ Brexit

    Polls predict steep losses in some rural Conservative strongholds

    Sheep and beef farmer Richard Pedley with some of his flock near Barbon Low Fell in the Yorkshire Dales
  • Saturday, 8 June, 2024
    Scarcity of organic cows puts pressure on UK milk supplies, warn experts

    Consumer demand for more expensive milk returns as cost of living pressures ease

    An organic dairy herd of cows on a farm in Wiltshire
  • Thursday, 6 June, 2024
    The Big Read
    The unseen dangers of lead contamination in the UK

    As floods intensify, the threat of the toxic metal seeping into the food chain is as big a problem as sewage in rivers or air pollution

  • Friday, 24 May, 2024
    InterviewLunch with the FT
    Farmer Minette Batters: ‘When are we going to take food seriously?’

    The former NFU president on feeding 70mn people in the face of climate change — and the genius of Jeremy Clarkson

    Illustration of a blonde woman, Minette Batters, sitting in front of a window
  • Friday, 17 May, 2024
    FT SeriesThe world’s greatest angling adventures
    The hope and heartache of salmon fishing in the Highlands

    Pursuit of the elusive salmon inevitably brings failure. It’s why anglers get so hooked

    The author fishing on the River Carron with Jim the ghillie
  • Sunday, 5 May, 2024
    Business confidence among UK farmers at its lowest

    NFU warns government that the country cannot import its way to food security

    Tom Bradshaw
  • Monday, 29 April, 2024
    Brexit
    Northern Irish farmers face supply chain risks over Brexit deal, warn Lords

    Veterinary medicines among issues highlighting problems of having different regulatory regimes in EU and UK

    Holstein Cows on a farm in Warringstown, County Down, Northern Ireland.
  • Wednesday, 24 April, 2024
    Brexit
    UK veterinary deal with EU could boost agrifood exports by 22%, study finds

    Since Brexit, food and drink industry has faced border checks on business with largest trading partner

    French customs officials monitor trucks at the Port of Calais
  • Sunday, 14 April, 2024
    UK fishing
    France slams UK over fishing access to protected habitat in British waters

    Paris presses European Commission to take action after trawler fleet banned from 13 areas

    A French trawler sails off the coast of northern France
  • Saturday, 13 April, 2024
    News in-depth
    ‘It’s too wet’: UK food security at risk because of record rain, farmers warn

    National Farmers’ Union seeks extra support for growers after England suffers wettest 18 months since 1836

    Luke Abblitt
  • Thursday, 28 March, 2024
    Brexit
    Brexit red tape costs Scottish salmon producers millions, says trade body

    Reducing trade friction with the EU could boost access to member states, group says

    A customer inspects a salmon
  • Monday, 25 March, 2024
    Limits placed on removal of land from food production in England

    Government restrictions come after farmers raise concerns over domestic food security

    A colourful wildflower meadow in the foreground with agricultural crops and fields in the background on a sunny day
  • Saturday, 24 February, 2024
    Camilla Cavendish
    The metropolitan elite has ignored farmers for too long

    It’s time for political leaders to balance reducing carbon emissions with maintaining cheap food production

    Jonathan McHugh illustration of two farmers with pitchforks - one of them wearing a cow mask on top of his head.
  • Wednesday, 21 February, 2024
    EU fishing
    Denmark and Sweden press Brussels to act against UK in fishing dispute

    Copenhagen claims London’s ban on catching sand eels on Dogger Bank discriminates against its fleet

    Shoal of Sand eels
  • Monday, 19 February, 2024
    Sunak bids to win back support of British farmers

    PM to pledge to back rural communities as poll shows Conservatives losing ground in traditional strongholds

    Rishi Sunak speaking at an event at Manor Farm, in Ropley near Winchester
  • Thursday, 8 February, 2024
    News in-depthFrench economy
    France seeks new generation of farmers for industry in tumult

    Widespread agriculture protests in Europe highlight tough conditions

    Farmer Bernard Gois
  • Wednesday, 31 January, 2024
    Visual investigation
    The hidden cost of your supermarket salmon

    Fish sold by major retailers in Europe is harming food security in west Africa

    A photo of a small fishing boat in the waters of Nouadhibou, Mauritania’s second largest city
  • Monday, 8 January, 2024
    UK fishing
    UK seafood industry cracks down on exploitation of overseas crew

    Two-year scheme sets new standards for pay and working conditions on British boats

    Scottish fishermen at sea
  • Friday, 5 January, 2024
    House & Home
    How can we be better stewards of the land in 2024?

    Whether we are ‘no dig’ urban gardeners or regenerative farmers, it is possible to care for our habitat in an environmentally responsible way

  • Thursday, 4 January, 2024
    UK government sets out bigger post-Brexit subsidies for farmers

    Changes to regime for England aimed at addressing low enrolment rates for flagship agricultural policy

    A ewe with its lambs
  • Sunday, 17 December, 2023
    Interview
    Farmers’ leader slams post-Brexit agricultural policy

    New subsidy scheme in England benefits big landowners disproportionately, NFU boss says

    Minette Batters
  • Thursday, 30 November, 2023
    UK tax
    Labour rules out scrapping inheritance tax relief for farmland

    Plans welcomed by landowners but could constrain party’s fiscal headroom if it wins power next year

    Sheep graze in in the Leicestershire countryside, England, with cottages in the background
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