Brexit
Farm roundtable urges Brexit certainty
With less than six weeks before the end of the Brexit transition period on 1 January 2021, the UK Farming Roundtable has stressed the importance of getting new agricultural policy right for the devolved nations. The NFU chairs the UK Farming Roundtable, which...
Agrifood chain resilience in a post-Brexit world
The AIC held its annual Agribusiness conference last week – the first in a virtual format – with speakers addressing the theme of Creating resilient and sustainable food supply chains. Keynote speaker Victoria Prentis MP, Parliamentary undersecretary at Defra opened...
“No-deal” to lift GB fertiliser prices, warns Yara UK
If the UK government fails to reach a trade deal with the EU before the withdrawal period ends on December 31st, then imported fertilisers will be subject to a 6% tariff, warns Yara UK. In addition, supplies would be slowed by additional border checks. “With a...
Government concedes on Trade and Agriculture Commission powers
One of the two controversial amendments to the Agriculture Bill has been settled in the latest round of Parliamentary “ping pong”, but the other remains in play. The draft Bill returned to the House of Commons for debate yesterday (Wednesday November 4th). In...
MPs warn of import threats to UK agrifood sector
A webinar featuring national agriculture spokesmen this week concluded that current government policy threatens to significantly downgrade UK agriculture as we know it. The webinar was organised by the Save British Farming movement. Defra minister George Eustice was...
UK trade bodies call for quick EU trade deal
Trade associations from across the UK economy, including the agrifood sector, have urged government to adopt a pragmatic approach in securing a UK-EU trade agreement before January 1st. At the same time, a separate approach from Northern Irish food chain businesses...