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Former head of National Farmers’ Union to head review of farm profitability

Baroness Minette Batters was the first female president of the NFU and headed the organisation for six years.

Evening Standard · Apr 7, 2025

‘Lethal control’ must be option if beaver releases approved, NFU boss says

Farmers have also raised concerns about taking land out of production for wildlife habitat creation.

Evening Standard · Feb 25, 2025

Environment Secretary faces ire of farmers as tax row shows no sign of abating

Steve Reed outlined measures to boost farm profitability but was challenged on inheritance tax at a farming conference.

Evening Standard · Feb 25, 2025

Bank of England governor predicts UK recession will be ‘very small’, as MPs push for interest rate cuts – as it happened

Andrew Bailey tells MPs there are signs that UK economy is picking up, after GDP shrank in the last two quarters

The Guardian - UK · Feb 20, 2024

Farting cows to get food additives to stop them breaking wind in climate fight

Gaseous cattle are blamed for fuelling emissions by belching and breaking wind - but a solution could be at hand as the Government desperately tries to hit net-zero

Daily Mirror · Apr 2, 2023

UK should ‘cherish’ turnips, suggests Thérèse Coffey, as food shortages could last a month – as it happened

Thérèse Coffey, Defra secretary of state, has predicted that the UK’s fruit and vegetable shortages could last up to four weeks

The Guardian - UK · Feb 23, 2023

Thérèse Coffey brings farmers’ union plenty of chaff and no wheat

Environment secretary leaves Birmingham with egg on face while Rish! endures Brexit psychodrama

The Guardian - UK · Feb 22, 2023

Aldi and Tesco join Asda and Morrisons with fruit and vegetable purchase limits

TESCO and Aldi have joined Asda and Morrisons in introducing purchase limits on fresh produce ...

The National (Scotland) · Feb 22, 2023

Asda and Morrisons fruit and veg rationing: All we know as other stores deny shortages

A combination of bad weather and transport problems in Africa and Europe has seen UK supermarket shelves left bare of tomatoes, as well as dwindling stocks of some other fresh produce

Daily Mirror · Feb 22, 2023

Rural communities ‘in my DNA’ and important to Labour, Starmer tells farmers

Leader targets traditionally Tory voters in ‘persuasive and coherent’ address at NFU conference about value of sector and its challenges

The Guardian - UK · Feb 21, 2023