Brexit
Long term Roadmap needs stable government – Comment
The launch last week of the government’s 25-year Farming Roadmap, after two year’s preparation, coincides with the change from the Starmer to Burnham premierships - again after two years. This neatly illustrates how long-term...
No transition period for EU:UK SPS deal
The government appears to have ruled out a transition period to allow businesses to adapt to a new Sanitary and Phyto Sanitary (SPS) agreement with the EU. UK trade bodies including the AIC had called for such a...
Defra lists sectors affected by EU:UK SPS alignment
Defra has set out the key sectors affected by its intention, through the government’s wider UK-EU reset negotiations, to align with EU Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) legislation. It believes the changes will lead to a reduction in...
EU-UK SPS border rules set to thaw
Industry bodies have welcomed the agreement over Sanitary/Phytosanitary (SPS) border checks as part of the wider trade deal between the UK and European Union announced last week. The AIC says lobbying for an EU-UK SPS agreement has...
Will the budget provide UK agriculture with certainty?
Keir Starmer’s administration was elected with much hope for a period of more stable, responsible government after the chaos of the previous administration, especially since the Brexit referendum. The Conservative Party had lost much...
New UK seed import rules jeopardise trials of EU OSR varieties
Post-Brexit changes to the rules covering the import of seeds into the UK are causing uncertainty and delays which could undermine the ability of breeders to trial the latest varieties of oilseed rape (OSR) in the UK this year, warns...