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"Water is a resource that is becoming increasingly stressed."
📻NFU Deputy President Paul Tompkins told @BBCr4today why water is vital for farming and food production after the declaration of severe drought in parts of the country.
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"Britain’s fruit and vegetables are beginning to show the strain of a hotter, drier, and less predictable climate."
✍️@NFUHortPots Board Chair Martin Emmett explains why shoppers may notice fruit and veg looking different after the summer's drought.
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"We cannot reduce the amount of diesel we use without reducing the amount of food we grow."
📻Speaking to @BBCRadio4 Broadcasting House, NFU President Tom Bradshaw explained how rising diesel costs are squeezing farm budgets and making it harder to plan ahead.
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"Some of these businesses aren’t going to make it."
📰NFU Combinable Crops Board Chair Jamie Burrows tells The Guardian how rising input costs are putting British arable farms under increasing pressure.
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This year's harvest has been "two out of 10."
📻NFU member Jake Freestone told @BBCFarmingToday how this summer's drought impacted the quality of his crops.
Listen to what Jake had to say👇
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"The different organisations don't seem to be working together on this."
📺After mountains of rubbish were dumped on his land, leaving him facing a £350,000 clean-up bill, NFU member Alex Sell told @GMB why a joint-up approach is needed to tackle fly-tipping. 🗑️
"It has been quite scary."
📺NFU member Mark Means told @BBCNews how an 80% increase in diesel prices since the start of the year is affecting his farm business.
"It has huge implications for the cost of producing the country's food."
📻 NFU President Tom Bradshaw joined @bbc5live to explain how rising diesel costs are affecting UK farm businesses.
Listen to what Tom had to say 👇
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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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"Farming is definitely in my blood".
📻NFU Student and Young Farmer Ambassador Nikita Fineran joined BBC Radio 4’s Farming Today to share her journey into agriculture and how she overcame the barriers along the way to build a career in farming.
Listen to Nikita's story 👇
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"Farmers need to know what is available to them now."
📻 NFU Vice-president Robyn Munt joined the @FarmersWeekly podcast to discuss why clarity on SFI27 is needed now, so farm businesses can plan ahead with confidence.
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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🐄🚜
"We've taken it for granted that we'll walk into the retailer and that food will always be there."
📻Did you catch NFU President Tom Bradshaw on @LBC yesterday?
Speaking from the Labour Party Conference, Tom highlighted the critical cashflow SFI26 provides and the impact on businesses and livelihoods of thousands of farmers unable to secure funding after Window 2 closed within six hours last week.
“This is his moment to really underpin food production in this country.”
On BBC Radio 4’s World at One, NFU Deputy President Paul Tompkins calls on the Chancellor to provide certainty for farm businesses at the Budget.
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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.
"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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"We're at breaking point, we can't ride this storm."
📰Speaking to @guardian NFU East member Peter Hatley describes feeling "shell-shocked" after technical issues meant he was unsuccessful in his application for SFI26.
Read more about Peter's story 👇
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"Farmers are feeling, rightly, let down by the government."
📰In an interview with @thetimes, NFU Vice-president Robyn Munt described SFI26 window 2 as a "shambles" and questioned how much will be made available in next year's budget for the scheme.
Check out the full article 👇
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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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"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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