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Backlash as UK supermarket trials sale of New Zealand lamb

RNZ 19 May 2024
The National Farmers Union (NFU) said it was "disappointing" at a time the British livestock industry was under pressure and that New Zealand lamb is "produced to potentially lower standards".
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Could the recent record rainfall leave our supermarket shelves empty?

The Daily Mail 19 Apr 2024
British farmers have long been at the mercy of the weather ... And it is not just British farmers that have been affected ... How British farmers are affected by bad weather. The woes of British farmers were ...
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British Farmers Rally in London Against Government Neglect

The Epoch Times 27 Mar 2024
A convoy of over 100 tractors sporting Union flags and protest signs journeyed through central London on Monday night, as British farmers demonstrated ...
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Waitrose adds ‘Best of British’ section to website amid farmers’ protests

AOL 26 Mar 2024
... back farmers in the UK ... The move from Waitrose and Co-Op was welcomed by the National Farmers Union, which said that its research showed that the public wants to buy more British food from retailers.
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UK Farmers Protest Post-Brexit Trade Practices Outside Parliament

Beijing News 25 Mar 2024
has signed several trade deals that, according to British farmers, lack import checks and are allowing poorer quality food to come into Britain from countries with less stringent regulations.
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Slow-moving tractor convoy descends on central London during rush hour: Dozens of furious farmers...

The Daily Mail 25 Mar 2024
They are calling for an end to trade deals which they say are allowing imports of food produced to standards that would be illegal in the UK and undercutting British farmers ... Farmers draped signs from their tractors reading 'back British farmers'.
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Farmers hold tractor protest in London against ‘threat to food security’

The National 25 Mar 2024
They are calling for an end to trade deals that they say are allowing imports of food produced to standards that would be illegal in the UK and are undercutting British farmers ... British farmers.
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Farmers to stage Westminster tractor protest over ‘threat to food security’

AOL 25 Mar 2024
They are calling for an end to trade deals which they say are allowing imports of food produced to standards that would be illegal in the UK and undercutting British farmers ... support British farmers.
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Britain is becoming a toxic chemical dumping ground – yet another benefit of Brexit

The Observer 18 Mar 2024
But every year since we left the EU, the UK government has granted an “emergency” exemption from the supposed ban here, following lobbying by sugar beet producers and the National Farmers Union.
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Labour tells NFU conference it will end imports that undercut British farmers

The Guardian 21 Feb 2024
... Union conference, promising to end imports that undercut British farmers and forge a closer trading relationship with the EU.
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Politics latest news: Government's real focus is exonerating victims, says minister amid Post Office lying row

The Daily Telegraph 20 Feb 2024
The Environment Secretary told Sky News from the National Farmers’ Union conference in Birmingham ... “For me, what I’m absolutely focused on is how we back British farming here in England, and that’s what I’m at the NFU conference to focus on ... .
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English farmers to be offered ‘largest ever’ grant scheme amid food security concerns

The Observer 19 Feb 2024
There have been fears that Brexit impacts, including the new farming schemes that focus on nature rather than food production, and trade deals that have been accused of undercutting British farmers, will lower food security.
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French farmers target Aldi and Lidl as protests spread across Europe: Tractors block retailer

The Daily Mail 30 Jan 2024
'I think there's a lot of sympathy there, but I mean British farmers aren't particularly radical.' ... 'British farmers have the greatest sympathy for our farming colleagues across Europe who are facing huge challenges and uncertainty.
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Britain ends trade talks with Canada

Billings Gazette 28 Jan 2024
Minette Batters, president of the Nation Farmers' Union of England and Wales, praised the British government, especially its apparent refusal to allow hormone-linked beef to be allowed into Britain.
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Britain’s post-Brexit trade talks with Canada break down as they disagree over beef and cheese

Wtop 26 Jan 2024
Minette Batters, president of the Nation Farmers’ Union of England and Wales, praised the British government, especially its apparent refusal to allow hormone-linked beef to be allowed into Britain.
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