Cost of living

The NFU dairy intentions survey found almost 10 per cent of dairy farmers said they would be likely to stop supplying milk by 2025, with smaller producers being the most impacted

Chief executive of Organic Farmers and Growers singled out ‘20th century farmers' for continued 'impact on environment, soils and human health'

The charity Farming Community Network hopes the survey will help to improve the organisation’s support to those at risk or affected by a bovine TB breakdown

A range of factors including rising beef demand, tumbling milk prices and religious festivals have seen hogget and cull cow prices soar.

The latest inflation figures may have been unexpected for economists and politicians but they came as ’no surprise’ to food producers.

Farm businesses have been urged to feed into a new inquiry to help inform the Government about the ‘true effects’ of the cost-of-living crisis.

Consumers are shunning fruit and vegetables in favour of other produce in a bid to beat increases in grocery prices, a recent report has found.