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Britain’s farmers battered by Brexit fallout and rising costs, says union

Farmers’ union president Minette Batters to say ‘volatility, uncertainty and instability are greatest risks to farm businesses’

The Guardian - UK

Taken for granted: rural vote up for grabs if Labour can make hay

Countryside feels let down by 13 years of Tory rule but other parties will not pick up votes by default

The Guardian - UK

UK risks ‘disastrous’ food scandal due to lax post-Brexit border controls – NFU chief

Minette Batters accuses ministers of ‘dereliction of duty’ in failing to ensure safety of agricultural imports

The Guardian - UK

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New farm subsidies regime could be great for nature – if properly funded

Environmentalists are giving England’s newly announced post-Brexit subsidies system a cautious welcome

The Guardian - UK

UK farmers ripping up unaffordable orchards, NFU president says

Experts call for schemes to help fruit growers keep trees and preserve habitats vital for biodiversity

The Guardian - UK

UK ‘sleepwalking’ into shortages: What is being rationed?

The National Farmers’ Union is urging the Government to step in to help farmers with soaring costs but eggs are not the only item being rationed

Evening Standard

UK 'sleepwalking' into food supply crisis as farmers warn of fruit and veg shortages

Supermarkets have been forced to ration eggs after poultry farmers were hit by the double whammy of bird flu and rising costs - and fruit and veg could be next, farming bosses have warned

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Brexit adding to ‘crippling’ UK food supply crisis, say farming chiefs

Fruit and veg supply could be ‘in trouble’, says NFU – citing added costs of Brexit and Ukraine war

The Independent UK

UK ‘sleepwalking’ into food supply crisis, farmers warn

Egg shortages ‘just the start’, says NFU – warning tomatoes, cucumbers and pears could become scarce

The Independent UK

Shoppers warned of coming tomato, cucumber and pear shortage after eggs ran out

Supermarkets could start to ration some fruit and vegetables

Wales Online

Avian flu set to deal killer blow to turkey farmers at Christmas

Hard-hit producers who have lost tens of thousands of pounds after culling stock now fear they may not be able to continue

The Guardian - UK

UK food prices set to rise further as farmers face ‘hammering’, MPs told

Costs of inputs like fertiliser and animal feed have jumped by 30 per cent compounding Brexit labour shortages

The Independent UK

How Truss’s post-Brexit farming policy descended into chaos

Rumours rife as farmers fear PM plans U-turn on financial subsidy measures to improve environment

The Guardian - UK

Our man in London: Phil Goff set to be confirmed as UK high commissioner

His negotiating skills to be put to the test on trade, defence and immigration – when a small country 20,000km away is the last thing on the minds of Britain's new King and Prime Minister.

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The Guardian - UK

Farmers threaten to quit NFU as leader backs scrapping of nature subsidies

Prominent members of farmers’ union express dismay after comments by Minette Batters

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak takes swipe at Liz Truss over absence from farming hustings

The Foreign Secretary is instead set to meet the National Farmers’ Union on September 1.

The Independent UK

Farmers furious as Liz Truss refuses to attend rural hustings event

Tory frontunner will be ‘empty chaired’ by NFU – as enviornment secretary reveals ‘tensions’ with Truss

The Guardian - UK

Liz Truss accused of snubbing farmers over refusal to attend rural hustings

Exclusive: Rishi Sunak will address NFU members and pledges to support farmers in future UK trade deals

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The Guardian - UK

England must reduce meat intake to avoid climate breakdown, says food tsar

Henry Dimbleby says move is politically toxic but only way to achieve sustainable land use and avoid ecological breakdown

The Independent UK

Government must ‘overrule nimbys’ on new reservoirs to combat drought, says infrastructure tsar

Call for UK ministers to act comes as environment secretary considers ‘national grid for water’

The Guardian - UK

Farmers call for Truss and Sunak to tackle ‘immoral’ water wastage

Tory leadership hopefuls urged to set out emergency plans as parts of UK face driest conditions on record

The Guardian - UK

UK facing drought in August following extreme heat

Hosepipe bans could be brought in and farmers restricted from irrigating crops

The Independent UK

Crops being wasted on British farms despite food bank woes, industry boss says

Minette Batters said there was an ‘absolute crisis’, meaning food was being ploughed back into land on farms.

Daily Mirror

Boris Johnson shelves free school meals for up to a million kids in 'thin gruel' food plan

The Prime Minister faces fury over his Food Strategy White Paper tomorrow, after he ditched pleas from his food tsar Henry Dimbleby - including to let all kids on DWP Universal Credit claim free school meals

The Guardian - UK

Boris Johnson faces rural fury over post-Brexit food strategy

Anger grows before West Country by-election as farmers say they will be left poorer and unable to compete with foreign producers

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