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Committees give backing to Dame Helen Ghosh's appointment but urge her to retain Government independece

Lincolnshire County Council and North Kesteven District Council said solar developments are taking up large amounts of the best and most versatile agricultural land, something they argued was already limited in the country

Orkney and Shetland MP Alistair Carmichael says governments would be better helping farmers to meet their input costs

Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister Darren Jones has warned of the long-term impacts

European farming leaders have highlighted the mounting pressures hitting the sector

With red diesel costs on the rise due to conflict in the Middle East, the decision to increase fuel duty will only see prices spike further

This week from the Farmers Guardian editor Katie Jones

Suffolk Central MP Jenny Riddell-Carpenter said UK food prices could go if the Government does not act to support farmers with skyrocketing fertiliser costs

If war in the Middle East has taught us anything, it is that the UK needs to build a resilient food system which values domestic food production and the farmers who work incredibly hard to make that a reality

Former Defra Secretary George Eustice draws on his experience of dealing with price shocks during war in Ukraine to offer some long-term solutions which could help UK farmers contending with challenges from war in the Middle East