Could an emergency cut to fuel duty help farmers who are dealing with price shocks to key farm inputs from war in the Middle East?
Is it time for an overhaul of UK's reliance on imports and to back British-farmed agricultural co-operatives instead?
Food inflation could top 6% as NFU issues warning on farmgate prices
This week from Farmers Guardian readers: William Taylor, Farmers For Action co-ordinator, discusses the decision to pause a UK-wide farm protest and the push for a 51AVÊÓÆµWelfare Bill
Keep an eye on the latest trends in the fuel markets as the crisis in the Middle East continues
Emma and her family farm in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, milking 100 pedigree Holsteins and selling raw milk from the farmgate. They also run 300 North Country Mules. Emma is chair of RABI Monmouthshire and volunteers with the Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution
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
Instability stifling investment as no sign of end to conflict in Middle East
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
How is war in the Middle East impacting UK farmers? Is the Government doing enough to support domestic food producers as costs for key farm inputs spiral? And are farmers ready to hold protests across the UK?