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Vegetable shortage 'could last for months' as customers warned prices will skyrocket

Tomatoes, cucumbers and salad may be rare in the coming months as crops failed due to high energy prices, rising wholesale costs and severe weather.

The National (Scotland)

Asda and Morrisons fruit and veg rationing: All we know as other stores deny shortages

A combination of bad weather and transport problems in Africa and Europe has seen UK supermarket shelves left bare of tomatoes, as well as dwindling stocks of some other fresh produce

Daily Mirror

We went to supermarkets across Greater Manchester in the hunt for tomatoes... and it felt like the Crystal Maze

'I think there are going to be challenges on availability of some food items'

Manchester Evening News

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Rural communities ‘in my DNA’ and important to Labour, Starmer tells farmers

Leader targets traditionally Tory voters in ‘persuasive and coherent’ address at NFU conference about value of sector and its challenges

The Guardian - UK

Tory ministers failing to help farmers deal with Brexit fallout, says NFU

More support needed, says union – as Keir Starmer vows ‘better trading relationship’ with EU will help farmers

The Independent UK

Concern as UK minister confirms beef could be imported from Mexico

Farming groups say allowing high-carbon meat to enter UK could undermine domestic beef sector and harm environment

The Guardian - UK

Britain’s farmers battered by Brexit fallout and rising costs, says union

Farmers’ union president Minette Batters to say ‘volatility, uncertainty and instability are greatest risks to farm businesses’

The Guardian - UK

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Taken for granted: rural vote up for grabs if Labour can make hay

Countryside feels let down by 13 years of Tory rule but other parties will not pick up votes by default

The Guardian - UK

UK risks ‘disastrous’ food scandal due to lax post-Brexit border controls – NFU chief

Minette Batters accuses ministers of ‘dereliction of duty’ in failing to ensure safety of agricultural imports

The Guardian - UK

New farm subsidies regime could be great for nature – if properly funded

Environmentalists are giving England’s newly announced post-Brexit subsidies system a cautious welcome

The Guardian - UK

UK farmers ripping up unaffordable orchards, NFU president says

Experts call for schemes to help fruit growers keep trees and preserve habitats vital for biodiversity

The Guardian - UK

UK ‘sleepwalking’ into shortages: What is being rationed?

The National Farmers’ Union is urging the Government to step in to help farmers with soaring costs but eggs are not the only item being rationed

Evening Standard

UK 'sleepwalking' into food supply crisis as farmers warn of fruit and veg shortages

Supermarkets have been forced to ration eggs after poultry farmers were hit by the double whammy of bird flu and rising costs - and fruit and veg could be next, farming bosses have warned

Daily Mirror

Brexit adding to ‘crippling’ UK food supply crisis, say farming chiefs

Fruit and veg supply could be ‘in trouble’, says NFU – citing added costs of Brexit and Ukraine war

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The Independent UK

UK ‘sleepwalking’ into food supply crisis, farmers warn

Egg shortages ‘just the start’, says NFU – warning tomatoes, cucumbers and pears could become scarce

Wales Online

Shoppers warned of coming tomato, cucumber and pear shortage after eggs ran out

Supermarkets could start to ration some fruit and vegetables

The Guardian - UK

Avian flu set to deal killer blow to turkey farmers at Christmas

Hard-hit producers who have lost tens of thousands of pounds after culling stock now fear they may not be able to continue

The Independent UK

UK food prices set to rise further as farmers face ‘hammering’, MPs told

Costs of inputs like fertiliser and animal feed have jumped by 30 per cent compounding Brexit labour shortages

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The Guardian - UK

How Truss’s post-Brexit farming policy descended into chaos

Rumours rife as farmers fear PM plans U-turn on financial subsidy measures to improve environment

Newsroom.co.nz

Our man in London: Phil Goff set to be confirmed as UK high commissioner

His negotiating skills to be put to the test on trade, defence and immigration – when a small country 20,000km away is the last thing on the minds of Britain's new King and Prime Minister.

The Guardian - UK

Farmers threaten to quit NFU as leader backs scrapping of nature subsidies

Prominent members of farmers’ union express dismay after comments by Minette Batters

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak takes swipe at Liz Truss over absence from farming hustings

The Foreign Secretary is instead set to meet the National Farmers’ Union on September 1.

The Independent UK

Farmers furious as Liz Truss refuses to attend rural hustings event

Tory frontunner will be ‘empty chaired’ by NFU – as enviornment secretary reveals ‘tensions’ with Truss

The Guardian - UK

Liz Truss accused of snubbing farmers over refusal to attend rural hustings

Exclusive: Rishi Sunak will address NFU members and pledges to support farmers in future UK trade deals

The Guardian - UK

England must reduce meat intake to avoid climate breakdown, says food tsar

Henry Dimbleby says move is politically toxic but only way to achieve sustainable land use and avoid ecological breakdown

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