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"A tax on fertiliser imports is most likely to be felt by farmers who are already operating on the tightest of margins"
NFU Deputy President Paul Tompkins (@Southacrefarm) warns CBAM must not increase costs for British food producers.
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🥕Writing for @LBC this morning, Director of Food Policy @jimbligh84 and @NFUtweets Martin Emmett make the case for a sustainable, resilient food system - one in which Government, producers, retailers and shoppers all have a role to play.
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Farmer facing £350,000 clean-up bill as crime gang dumps 2000 tonnes of rubbish on his field gbnews.com/news/essex-news-f…
“The PAC is right to ask questions about food resilience. The Budget gives the Chancellor an opportunity to act."
Ahead of the @CommonsPAC evidence session, NFU DP Paul Tompkins (@Southacrefarm) reiterates how @hmtreasury can boost our food security 👇
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The NFU and major retailers have written to @hmtreasury ahead of the Budget calling for action to unlock billions of pounds of private investment in British food production 💷
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"Seeing all that rubbish felt like a huge punch in the gut, it’s devastating."
🗞️After mountains of rubbish were dumped on his land, NFU member Alex Sell has been left facing a staggering £350,000 clean-up bill.
Read his story in @thetimes👇
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Farmer Alex Sell is having to foot a £350,000 bill after thousands of tonnes of rubbish was dumped on his family’s land.
He’s believes the issue of fly-tipping is “getting so big” it must be sponsored by organised crime.
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Alex Sell, a fifth-generation Essex farmer, has called for a law change to stop victims of fly-tipping by ‘criminal gangs’ being responsible for clear-up costs thetimes.com/uk/environment/…
"They have helped to start conversations that many people find difficult."
NFU President Tom Bradshaw (@ProagriLtd) on the Hawkstone Choir landing the @FarmersWeekly Farming Champion award for shining a light on rural mental health.
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"Increasing prices are really felt in the farmer's pocket very quickly".
📺Speaking to @BBCNews live from his dairy farm in York, NFU Deputy President Paul Tompkins highlighted how record high diesel prices are adding further pressure to the cashflow crisis farmers are facing🐄🚜
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"Hope doesn't keep our members in business."
📺In an interview with @GBNEWS NFU President Tom Bradshaw spoke about why government policy must support resilient and profitable farming businesses and give farmers and growers the confidence to keep producing the nation’s food.
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"For members the real concern is will they get all of their input costs back?"
📻NFU President Tom Bradshaw spoke to the @TimesRadio Breakfast show live from the Labour Party conference this morning about the impact of rising fuel costs on farm businesses.
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At the NFU’s Labour Party Conference breakfast, NFU President Tom Bradshaw warned: “Farmers charged with producing the nation’s food, delivering for nature and building the resilience of their businesses have been left high, dry and desperate.”
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"Despair and anger at a system that's failed them."
📻NFU Vice-president Robyn Munt has spoke on the latest episode of the @FarmersGuardian Podcast about the handling of SFI26 window 2, which has left many farmers who were unsuccessful with their application feeling uncertain for the future.
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"What we want to see is the ambition of farmers being met by government."
📻NFU Vice-president Robyn Munt spoke to BBC Radio 4's Farming Today yesterday following the opening and closure of SFI Window 2.
Check out what Robyn had to say 👇
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NEW: ‘We can’t ride this storm’: the English farmers facing uncertainty after sustainability funding runs dry
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"The handling of the second SFI26 application window, which opened and closed on Tuesday 22 September, can only be described as one thing. A shambles."
📰NFU Vice-president Robyn Munt writes in Farmers Weekly about how for farming businesses already facing a fight for survival next year, the handling of SFI26 Window 2 brings more uncertainty, more sleepless nights and, for many, could be the final straw.
Read what she had to say👇
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"No farmer wants a lifetime’s work to become a burden for a family grieving their loss."
🗞️Writing exclusively for The @Telegraph, NFU President Tom Bradshaw explains why the government should scrap the family farm tax and help restore confidence to farming families and boost investment.
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"The Budget must be relentlessly focused on reducing the cost of producing food in Britain."
The NFU is urging the Chancellor to use the Budget to cut food production costs, restore farm business confidence and strengthen UK food security.
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"We either have to grow a lot less or capture a lot more water." 💧
📺Did you see @nfunorth member Rodger Hobson speaking on @ITVTonight last week?
Rodger highlighted the importance of on-farm water storage to help futureproof his carrot growing business in the face of increasingly extreme weather.