Spiralling costs are forcing Britain’s farmers to make significant changes to their food production plans, with some facing the prospect of going out of business, according to the NFU.
Trade bodies from across the food supply chain have welcomed elements of the new Budget but expressed disappointment over others.
The National Farmers’ Union has welcomed the new plans published by the government to help UK farmers grow “more resistant, more nutritious and more productive crops” via gene-editing technology.
The UK’s food and farming sector has written to the Prime Minister asking him to implement as a matter of urgency a Covid-19 Recovery Visa to alleviate crippling labour shortages across the supply chain.
