The Immigration Minister, Kevin Foster, has refused to accept there is a crisis in the pig sector caused by labour shortages.
The Government has made a number of important announcements affecting farming in recent months. Abi Kay speaks to Defra Secretary George Eustice to get the inside track on the latest developments.
A Government push to make farming ever more reliant on ‘technologies of control’ such as big data, AI, quantum computing and biotech risks undermining the UK’s food security, a leading academic has warned.
A Government push to make farming ever more reliant on technologies of control such as big data, AI, quantum computing and biotech risks undermining the UKs food security, a leading academic has warned.
A claim from the director of Wildlife Trusts Wales that growth hormones from livestock are found in Welsh waters has been slapped down by a Member of the Senedd (MS).
A claim from the director of Wildlife Trusts Wales that ‘growth hormones’ from livestock are found in Welsh waters has been slapped down by a Member of the Senedd (MS).
Farming issues are at the top of the agenda for voters in the North Shropshire by-election, according to the Liberal Democrats.
Farming issues are at the top of the agenda for voters in the North Shropshire by-election, according to the Liberal Democrats.
Defra Secretary George Eustice has said Government subsidies and interventions do nothing to support food security.