Food security 'wake-up call' as farmers cut production

Food security must become a key focus of future agricultural policy as new statistics revealed the huge uncertainty farmers were feeling due to rocketing input prices.

Ben Briggs

Ben Briggs is the group publisher and editor in chief of Agriconnect, overseeing the media business and titles such as Farmers Guardian, Dairy Farmer and Arable Farming.

22 July 2022 鈥� 2 min read

Food security must become a key focus of future agricultural policy as new statistics revealed the huge uncertainty farmers were feeling due to rocketing input prices. An NFU Cymru survey of more than...

"Future of farming is very definitely not vegan" says MP hitting back at PETA's 'woke ideology' billboard

Ahead of the Balmoral Show in Northern Ireland, an activist group has erected a billboard telling farmers to 鈥榤oove on鈥� and that the future of farming is vegan

Mia Willemsen

13 May 2026 鈥� 3 min read

Livestock

"Farming is my life": Young stockwoman Katie Aiken carving out a career in livestock

Self-employed stockwoman Katie Aiken, 19, has already won some of the livestock industry鈥檚 top young handler titles while building her own flock and travelling the UK for lambing and show work

Ellie Layton

12 May 2026 鈥� 4 min read

Livestock

OPINION: This month's weather is important for grass and grouse

Livestock specialist Katie Fallon discusses the importance good weather in of the month of May for both the farming calendar and nature's calendar

Katie Fallon

12 May 2026 鈥� 2 min read

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