Forum Brief: British Farming
Policy Consultation 27 August 2003
Food minister Lord Whitty has called on public sector buyers to give British farmers a "fairer crack of the whip".
Forum Brief: Fly Tipping
Policy Consultation 22 August 2003
Thousands of farmers and landowners are set to run the risk of prosecution under new plans to make them legally responsible for rubbish that is dumped on their property.
Forum Brief: Farm incomes
Policy Consultation 11 August 2003
The Liberal Democrats have claimed that farmers are not receiving the full benefits of price increases for their products.
Forum Brief: Rural Post Offices
Policy Consultation 6 August 2003
Struggling rural post offices should get a cash subsidy, the Conservatives have said.
Forum Brief: Farming exodus
Policy Consultation 4 August 2003
British farmers are opting for better paid jobs in towns and cities, according to a report out today by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.
Forum Brief: Postal votes
Policy Consultation 1 August 2003
The Electoral Commission has recommended that future local council elections should be run as all postal ballots.
Forum Brief: Poultry farming
Policy Consultation 24 July 2003
The future of British poultry farming is in doubt, a committee of MPs has concluded.
Forum Brief: GM crops
Policy Consultation 22 July 2003
An official report on the safety of genetically modified crops has concluded that there are no known risks to human health.
Forum Brief: Fox hunting
Policy Consultation 2 July 2003
The government has suggested that an outright ban on fox hunting could be forced through next year.
New alliance 'to save farming'
Press Review 4 November 2002
Farmers' leaders face resignation callls
Press Review 18 June 2002
NFU considers foot and mouth vaccination
Press Review 9 April 2002
Blueprint calls for farming overhaul
News Article 29 January 2002
A radical shake-up of farming in Britain has been proposed in a government-sponsored blueprint.
Farmers should be entrepreneurs says Haskins
News Article 18 October 2001
Farmers have been urged to rely less on traditional markets and become more entrepreneurial by the government.
Farmers 'desperation' may trigger fresh FM outbreak
Press Review 12 October 2001
