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Fruit and vegetables in supermarkets may look different this year due to heatwave, farmers warn

The National Farmers’ Union has said that wonky and shrunken fruit and veg will be a more common sight as it made an appeal to supermarkets to change their rules

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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 Independent UK

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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

Up to £60m in UK crops left to rot owing to lack of workers, says NFU

Farming union chief says situation ‘nothing short of a travesty’, as crops also hit by drought and record heat

The Guardian - UK

Ministers ‘worrying about votes’ while crops rot in fields – food industry

Industry figures said that farmers were being ‘nannied’ by the Government.

The Independent UK

Farmers call for Truss and Sunak to tackle ‘immoral’ water wastage

Tory leadership hopefuls urged to set out emergency plans as parts of UK face driest conditions on record

The Guardian - UK

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Douglas Ross is 'not watching' hustings in Tory leadership contest

The Moray MP has so far refused to back either candidate, adding that he would “work with whoever” takes over from Boris Johnson as Prime…

The National (Scotland)

Environment Agency faces legal battle over water removal in Norfolk Broads

Tim and Geli Harris to take agency to high court over groundwater removal for farming near protected wetlands

The Guardian - UK

Only a tiny minority of rural Britons are farmers – so why do they hold such sway?

The government pretends that farming and the countryside are synonymous – and our environment suffers as a result, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

The Guardian - UK

National Farmers Union funding legal challenges to curbs on river pollution

Exclusive: Environmental groups criticise NFU for helping companies to fight Defra rules on nitrates in waterways

The Guardian - UK

Slashing food tariffs will not fix UK’s cost of living crisis, warns farmers’ union

NFU president responds to reports ministers are considering lowering import taxes to stem inflation

The Guardian - UK

Farming push to delay eco-friendly subsidies risks net-zero target – report

Farming union NFU wants two-year delay but Green Alliance says move would keep emissions high beyond 2035

The Guardian - UK

Ex-European Parliament president Lord Plumb dies aged 97

The former Tory politician was also president of the National Farmers Union in the 1970s.

The Independent UK

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The Guardian - UK

The three Fs: why UK farmers fear the soaring cost of fertiliser, feed and fuel

Price of key commodities have surged because of Covid and Brexit, and now the war in Ukraine

AFP

Ukraine war sows more turmoil for UK farms

Itchingfield (United Kingdom) (AFP) - Hungry cows at Westons Farm jostle for position at the feeding trough, blissfully unaware that Ukraine's war has sowed more turmoil for UK farms ploughing through Covid and Brexit fallout.

The Guardian - UK

Egg farmers: UK supermarkets must raise price or we’ll go under

Rising costs threaten farms as NFU warns of huge drop in greenhouse crops such as cucumbers

The Guardian - UK

UK farmers call for urgent action to prevent soaring food prices

NFU calls for immigration review to bring in 10,000 more seasonal workers as war in Ukraine threatens food shortages

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The Guardian - UK

UK farmers warn soaring gas costs could cut food production

NFU asks government to treat situation over glasshouse crops as ‘matter of urgency’

Wales Online

Farmers warn of 'very, very serious situation' as crops slashed by up to 85%

Glass houses are being left empty, the price of chicken is up 50% in a year

The Guardian - UK

Farmers in England and Wales ‘face toughest times in a generation’

NFU president tells conference ministers have no understanding of how food production works

The Guardian - UK

‘Completely contradictory’: NFU leader attacks UK farming policy

Minette Batters says industry is in crisis because of government failures over staff shortages, Brexit red tape and cheap imports

The Guardian - UK

Australian rivals and Brexit barriers leave UK farmers on stony ground

Talk at this week’s NFU conference will be alive with a catalogue of financial, labour and competition concerns

The Guardian - UK

UK pig industry review announced as 200,000 animals stranded on farms

Farming minister Victoria Prentis calls for review of ‘unfair’ supply chain after meeting with producers and NFU

The Guardian - UK

Minette Batters: ‘I feared farmers would be used as a pawn in trade deals – and that’s what happened’

The NFU president has been dismayed by the government’s post-Brexit deals, but has vowed to fight on for British producers

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