New UK dairy contracts legislation to go before parliament
New legislation to ensure fair and transparent dairy contracts has been laid before parliament after many years of campaigning from UK farming unions.
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New legislation to ensure fair and transparent dairy contracts has been laid before parliament after many years of campaigning from UK farming unions.
The Prime Minister will announce a major new package of support for rural communities to protect British farming for the next generation when he addresses the National Farmers Union annual conference in Birmingham.
Package of new measures set to be unveiled include further grant funding for agritech and clean energy, extensions to the Sustainable Farming Incentive, and plans to cut red tape to ease on-farm developments
The UK Government is set to provide an extra £427m in grants to the farming sector, including £220m for future-focused technologies and £15m for surplus food redistribution networks.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's speech to the NFU annual conference.