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Cereals: 'Manage change before it manages you', warns agricultural policy adviser

Support payments are gone, tax rules have changed, and energy costs have doubled since 2019, but Cereals 2026 speakers say the farmers who adapt early will be the ones who thrive

Cedric Porter
Business Reporter
clock • 6 min read
Cereals: 'Manage change before it manages you', warns agricultural policy adviser

The removal of direct support and changes to tax are having a fundamental impact on arable farming in the UK; visitors to Cereals 2026 were told. "Since 1992 farming policy has been dominated by payments,...

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