Farmers criticise government plan to counter threats to UK food security

The National Farmers’ Union says continued record temperatures show what the farming sector is up against. Photograph: Maureen McLean/Shutterstock

The climate crisis will lead to food price shocks and shortages, the government has warned in its new plan for British farming.

But farmers criticised the plan, which outlines for the first time the government’s vision for the long-term direction of farming, for failing to adequately fund a response to this threat to the UK’s food security.