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Farmers could be left to clear up after fly tippers for the foreseeable future after a Parliamentary Committee branded the Government’s waste crime policy as ‘rubbish’.

Concerns have been raised about the effectiveness of the UK’s border controls, after vehicles importing food were found to contain unlabelled meat and flax seeds with illegally high pesticide residue levels.

Future farm policy has been plunged into uncertainty once more, as Prime Minister Liz Truss has resigned after just 45 days in office.

Christmas meat supplies could be under threat if proposed action by the Food Standards Association (FSA) goes ahead.

MPs have moved to offer farms legal protection from disruptive protestors.

Tenant farmers must be given full, independent access to all Government schemes and incentives if the sector is to thrive in a future agricultural landscape, according to the Rock Review which has been published today.

Television presenter-turned-farmer Jeremy Clarkson has launched an appeal after his local council ordered him to close his Diddly Squat eatery.

The Welsh Government has unveiled an update to its heavily criticised water regulations, after admitting opposition to the plan had ‘introduced a level of uncertainty’.

The chairman of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee, Sir Robert Goodwill, has said he intends to look at the possibility of maintaining an element of direct support for ‘small’ farmers.

Farming Minister Mark Spencer has said he will push for small abattoirs to be able to benefit from earned recognition in order to reduce veterinary presence.