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  • Wednesday, 15 June, 2022
    News in-depthNorthern Ireland
    Brexit bill spells uncertainty for Northern Irish dairy farmers

    Boris Johnson’s ‘dual regulatory framework’ threatens future of the biggest all-Ireland integrated industry

  • Sunday, 12 June, 2022
    UK politics & policy
    UK food review head calls for ‘much bolder’ action on climate change and obesity

    Henry Dimbleby says government needs to be more radical and wants targets enshrined in law

  • Friday, 3 June, 2022
    UK cucumber and pepper crops face energy and labour crunch

    Harvests down to less than half after growers opted not to plant in face of surging costs

  • Tuesday, 24 May, 2022
    Agritech
    Plant scientists welcome UK bill to deregulate crop engineering

    Campaigners warn against loosening of gene editing rules made possible by Brexit

  • Tuesday, 24 May, 2022
    Cranswick calls on UK government to save pig farming industry

    Pork producer says ministers have not acted on suggestions to help sector under ‘unsustainable strain’

  • Tuesday, 10 May, 2022
    Brexit
    UK farmers sound alarm on lack of border checks

    Agriculture and veterinary industries concerned about risk of British livestock contracting diseases from the EU

  • Monday, 9 May, 2022
    War in Ukraine
    Faroe Islands heads into turbulent waters with first sanctions against Russia

    Self-governing Danish territory reluctant to upset maritime deals and trade with Moscow 

  • Friday, 29 April, 2022
    British farmers hold ‘bizarre’ views on free trade, says Australia’s envoy

    George Brandis insists UK agriculture sector has nothing to fear from bilateral pact despite NFU warnings

  • Friday, 29 April, 2022
    UK property
    UK farmers gamble on an uncertain harvest of returns

    High inflation, a new post-Brexit subsidy scheme and higher input costs add to pressures on those who work the land

  • Sunday, 10 April, 2022
    UK fishing
    UK and France reach truce over fishing licence dispute

    Bitter spat over access to fisheries post-Brexit abates as EU commissioner praises ‘successful’ relationship

  • Tuesday, 5 April, 2022
    UK food industry faces risk of ‘permanent shrinkage’, MPs warn

    Select committee says government has failed to address labour shortages resulting from Brexit and coronavirus

  • Monday, 4 April, 2022
    Peter Greig
    War in Ukraine makes farming innovation imperative

    We face a major food crisis unless we can reduce our reliance on fossil fuels in agricultural supply chains

  • Saturday, 2 April, 2022
    LexFood Prices
    Fuel prices: the crippling cost of cultivating cucumbers in a cold climate Premium content

    Rising energy prices for UK greenhouse growers mean imports will inevitably increase

  • Friday, 4 March, 2022
    Post-Brexit turmoil strains English farmers’ ties to Tory party

    Labour shortages, trade deals and slow rollout of changes to financial support sends relations to lowest ebb in decades

  • Tuesday, 22 February, 2022
    Farmers slam UK’s ‘contradictory’ agricultural policies

    National Farmers’ Union president says new scheme is ‘almost in opposition to food production’

  • Friday, 4 February, 2022
    Merryn Somerset Webb
    Growth potential in the natural capital of farmland

    The emergence of new income streams adds value to land

  • Thursday, 3 February, 2022
    Special ReportCircular Economy
    How to deal with farmers’ love of plastic

    Sheeting, twine and packaging are beneficial, but not if used only once

  • Sunday, 9 January, 2022
    UK business & economy
    UK’s post-Brexit farm payment overhaul fuelled by ‘blind optimism’

    MPs says government has failed to provide details of how new scheme will work

  • Thursday, 6 January, 2022
    Farm subsidy reform in England aiming to return land to nature

    Projects made necessary by Brexit and loss of EU support do not have enough detail for landowners to plan ahead, critics say

  • Sunday, 2 January, 2022
    UK farmers braced for spring fertiliser crunch after prices triple

    Squeezed supply chains threaten yields of livestock, dairy and arable producers

  • Friday, 24 December, 2021
    FT SeriesWellbeing and fitness: How To Eat It in 2022
    Farmer-writer James Rebanks: ‘The older I get, I think: cut yourself some slack’

    The Lake District author on the graft and beauty of a shepherd’s life — and why the future of farming should be inspired by its past

  • Wednesday, 22 December, 2021
    UK fishing
    UK and EU strike deal on access to fish stocks in 2022

    Total catch for British fleets reduced following scientific advice as dispute over licences for French boats rumbles on

  • Thursday, 9 December, 2021
    UK poultry farmers battle worst-ever bird flu outbreak

    Cull of 500,000 animals fails to halt spread of virus introduced by migratory birds

  • Thursday, 2 December, 2021
    Green groups criticise England’s new farming subsidies for lacking ambition

    Chair of independent Climate Change Committee says proposals are ‘not good enough’

  • Wednesday, 1 December, 2021
    Agritech
    Morrisons ditches soya for insects in chicken feed to hatch carbon neutral eggs

    Automated farms in shipping containers will produce the insects fed on supermarket waste

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