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Meat, eggs and dairy provide crucial sources of much-needed nutrients that should be enjoyed as part of a healthy balanced diet, according to a report from United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO).

Consumers should not expect to see cheaper food on the shelves any time soon, despite Government pledges to halve inflation by the end of the year, the NFU has warned.

Hopes that the Seasonal Agricultural Worker Scheme could be extended beyond six months or be adopted as a five-year rolling programme have been dashed by the Home Office.

Farmers could be missing out on vital income owing to a lack of regulation regarding natural capital, new findings have revealed.

DEFRAS ability to deliver on key aims has been thrown into question amid claims that the department lacks direction and appears to be in complete disarray.

A ewe and 21 lambs have been killed after two dogs were let loose in a field in Kent.

A Bodmin dairy farm has been fined more than 60,000 after one of its workers sustained multiple injuries when he fell more than 20 feet through a roof on to a concrete floor.

Three people have been arrested after 10,000-worth of Class A drugs and a lamb were found in a car in Scotland.

A farmer banned from keeping livestock for five years has had almost 100 animals seized after a second raid on premises in Lamphey, Wales.

Thieves have targeted a Leeds-based community farm stealing hundreds of pounds worth of food preparation equipment - including the kitchen sink!