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I would say that producing food is a public good, and indeed, if you talk to economists, they will say, "well, food security is a public good, "but food production isnt." we have got to make sure we have the same approach for delivering for the environment as we have for delivering our food, and if we have a market failure situation, you know, the direct support payment was one way for farmers — if the market fell off a cliff, dont forget your office is outside — that they would be able to k...

Batters keeps Boris off the front pages 2023-04-05

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Well, i dont think food has been recognised as a public good. i would say that producing food is a public good, and indeed, if you talk to economists, they will say, "well, food security is a public good, but food production isnt." we have got to make sure we have the same approach for delivering for the environment as we have for delivering our food, and if we have a market failure situation, you know, the direct support payment was one way for farmers — if the market fell off a cliff, dont f...

Last year it was claimed by the nfu tens of thousands of pounds of crops were left on the ground and wasted because there was not the workforce to harvest them. you presumably tell government ministers that, have they responded? i tell them that regularly. look, we have gone from 10,000 to 115,000 with a potential uplift. the visas offered to seasonal workers coming specifically to do farm work? absolutely. but we dont simply have enough people who are unemployed here to do the jobs, this is hol...

Job in the world. and yet 28% of farmers according to your own nfu survey last year — 28% of them looking actively at the possibility of giving up? 7,000 businesses were lost from 2019 to 2022. they either consolidated or they got out of the industry. i mean, there is no denying that it is — you dont shut the office door. i never come back and think, "i am going to have two days and stay indoors." you are on call 24/7 if you are a livestock farmer, and that is just how it is. but i genuinely...

The Miguel de Cervantes Library and Swatch Art Peace Hotel will host an art exhibition as part of th

SODEXO has been awarded a three-year extension to its catering and facilities management services contract at the Sullom Voe Terminal in the Shetland Islands. Sodexo’s new three-year contract has an option to extend a further two years and is worth around £2.5 million a year....

SHETLAND MSP Beatrice Wishart is encouraging island residents to take part in the Scottish Government’s Ending the sale of peat in Scotland consultation. The government is proposing to stop the sale of peat in stages, beginning with the retail horticulture sector, then a...

Glasshouse production of tomatoes here. a more enlightened approach to labour. all things the nfu will say they have called on for a while. we need to move on. i want to give thomasina some warning many of you will have heard the environment secretary talking about turnips and cherishing our home—grown veg. your challenge for the end of the programme is to come up with a tasty turnip suggestion for our viewers! the tories are highly likely to have a torrid few days on brexit — whats new! but...