The MS for Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire writes about his reappointment as Shadow Rural Affairs Secretary for Wales, SFS, and why the Welsh Conservatives stand side by side with farmers on Inheritance Tax reforms
British Wool said the current average auction price of wool was £1/kg, a figure not seen since October 2018
Shadow Defra Secretary Victoria Atkins told Parliament that more farmers had recently taken their own lives following Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ Autumn Budget changes to Inheritance Tax
A poll from ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã has revealed around one in 10 farmers see the US-UK trade deal as benefitting British agriculture
Animal Justice Project has published footage of the conditions in which pigs were claimed to have been abused by staff at Northmoor Farm in Lincolnshire
While trade boards have welcomed aspects of the US-UK trade deal in presenting potential new opportunities for farmers, there is also emphasis for Government to go further in protecting British farmers' high welfare standards
Politicians have argued the US-UK trade deal has provided more uncertainty for British farmers
British farmers fear they may have to compete with 'cheap' beef imports on supermarket shelves as a result of the UK's trade deal with President Trump
Richard Griffiths, chief executive at the British Poultry Council, said the deal had signalled Sir Keir's 'commitment and value' to UK poultry welfare standards