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EXPLAINED: 6 - The Real Truth

Why has it rained so much? Extreme flooding puts pressure on food producers

The winter of 2023/2024 broke the record for the wettest period

Evening Standard

Farmers warn ‘crisis is building’ as record rainfall drastically reduces UK food production

Reduction in yields means UK will be dependent on imports for wheat in coming year and possibly beyond

The Guardian - UK

‘They’re at the forefront’: the women leading the way through Britain’s farming crisis

A traditionally male-dominated industry is being quietly transformed by an influx of talent who don’t fit the stereotype

The Guardian - UK

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Centre to grant long-pending non-functional upgrade benefit to armed forces

Centre grants Non-Functional Upgrade (NFU) benefit to armed forces, resolving long-standing legal battle for pay parity.

The Hindu

Farm work isn’t all it’s cracked up to be

Letters: Rishi Sunak at the NFU | Tractor protests | Sex Lives of the Potato Men | Long-serving GPs

The Guardian - UK

‘Our yields are going to be appalling’: one of wettest winters in decades hits England’s farms

Flooding top of agenda at NFU conference after extreme weather ruins thousands of acres of crops

The Guardian - UK

Labour tells NFU conference it will reduce imports that undercut British farmers

Shadow farming minister commits to forging closer relationship with EU as polling shows farmers favour Labour over Tories

The Guardian - UK

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‘Morally bankrupt’: Tories may pay price for ignoring farmers

Rishi Sunak’s charm offensive at NFU conference fails to win over rural voters, but Labour also faces scepticism

The Guardian - UK

Farmer Rish! woos the NFU conference in full-on panic to secure rural vote

Downing Street team was in love-bombing mode at farmers’ union meeting in Birmingham

The Guardian - UK

I have your back, Rishi Sunak tells farmers at NFU conference

Sunak becomes first PM to address conference since Gordon Brown in 2008, as Tories court farming sector

The Guardian - UK

Environment Agency failed to protect River Wye from chicken waste, court hears

Campaigners argue in legal challenge that loophole has allowed poultry farmers to pollute river

The Guardian - UK

Ministers urged not to play culture wars over species reintroductions in England

Exclusive: Head of government taskforce calls for evidence not anecdote in debate over the beaver, white-tailed eagle and others

The Guardian - UK

New Brexit checks ‘pose existential threat’ to UK fruit and flower growers

Exclusive: NFU warns blanket import checks from April could fuel long delays and damage future crops

The Guardian - UK

Sodden Britain in the grips of wettest winter in 130 years

The period between July and December last year is the wettest on record since 1890

The Independent UK

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The Independent UK

Post-Brexit subsidy scheme leaves UK farmers ‘hugely frustrated’

Environment secretary Steve Barclay sets out long-awaited plan to replace EU agricultural payments

The Independent UK

Britain facing surge of salmonella cases because of Brexit, union warns

The NFU warned Britain had been left for years without proper checks and balances on food imports from EU

The Guardian - UK

UK government weakens energy efficiency targets for farmers

Improvement targets for horticulture and poultry reduced after lobbying from National Farmers’ Union

Foreign Policy

It’s Time to Talk About No First Use

Long a nonstarter in Washington, it may now be the best source of common ground with Beijing.

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The Independent UK

Flooding causing ‘destruction and financial stress’ to farmers, NFU warns

The National Farmers’ Union said it was calling on political parties to set out their plans to better protect farmland from flooding.

The Guardian - UK

UK farmers warn of rotting crops after Storm Babet flooding

National union members urge government to create water strategy to prevent such losses

Evening Standard

Woman trampled to death by stampeding cows while walking her dogs through farmland

Police confirm woman killed while walking past field of 40 cows in Welsh countryside

The Independent UK

Glyphosate herbicide is ‘absolutely fine’ to use, says environment secretary

Therese Coffey expressed her support for the weedkiller during an address to the National Farmers’ Union.

The Independent UK

Weather in coming weeks ‘absolutely crucial’ to harvest, union leader warns

Farmers could have to pay extra to dry out crops and reduce their prices if they are of worse quality, the NFU said.

The Independent UK

Cost of rural crime up £9m in a year as gangs target farm machinery

NFU Mutual said some thieves use drones to scope out where valuable equipment is kept.

The Guardian - UK

Loophole lets farmers pollute England’s rivers with excess manure – report

Investigation finds polluting farmers may not face action after breaking the rules

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