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of labour and a demand that farmers produce more at less cost to the environment. my guest today is minette batters. she farms right here, shes also president of the national farmers union. as a society, are we asking our farmers for the impossible? minette batters, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. its a great pleasure to be on yourfarm. and the sun is shining and, in some ways, you would think the sun would be shining on farmers. food prices are spiralling higher. you wou...

my guest today is minette batters. she farms right here, shes also president of the national farmers�* union. as a society, are we asking our farmers for the impossible? minette batters, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. its a great pleasure to be on yourfarm. and the sun is shining and, in some ways, you would think the sun would be shining on farmers. food prices are spiralling higher. you would think that would be good news for farmers. is it? its — its quite extraor...

my guest today is minette batters, she farms right here, shes also president of the national farmers union. as a society, are we asking our farmers for the impossible? minette batters, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. its a great pleasure to be on yourfarm and the sun is shining, and in some ways you would think the sun would be shining on farmers. food prices are spiralling higher, you would think that would be good news forfarmers, is it? its quite extraordinary. i dont ...

HortWeek Survey: Has Defra delivered enough for horticulture in its environmental plans? - from HortWeek

In July this year, the European Commission published its proposals for regulating plants developed using new genomic techniques (NGTs) such as CRISPR gene editing.This followed a report published by the Commission in April 2021, reviewing the impacts of a July 2018 ruling by the European Court of Justice that all NGT plants should be regulated in the EU as genetically modified organisms (GMOs).The Commission’s review determined that the EU’s 20-year-old regulatory framework for GMOs was not ...

British Sugar has secured £660k in grant aid to help gene editing research to benefit the British sugar beet crop - including Suffolk growers.

The scale of the law changes means environmental legislation in the UK is facing death by a thousand cuts

As we usher in the new year, Bethan Grylls takes a look back over the course of 2023 and flags seven key moments for the food and drink industry.

From driverless tractors to cameras for identifying diseases, several high-tech innovations are coming down the track. Farmers Weekly looks at six

Brexit has been a disaster for the UK.  It has not spurred the great economic revival that many of the Brexiters claimed it would. And many studies have indicated it will make the UK poorer over the long-term and deter investment.