A furious Neil Parish laid into Kevin Foster, the immigration minister, for ignoring a recommendation to make it easier to bring in EU butchers and other workers – leading to a huge shortage.

"To sign up to a trade deal which results in opening our ports, shelves & fridges to food which would be illegal to produce here would not only be morally bankrupt, it would be the work of the insane."

THE UK Government has been accused of treating Scotland’s farmers as “expendable” as the trade deal with Australia comes into effect.

Farmers fear that deal will mean they risk being undercut by cheap imports made to lower animal welfare standards.

Talk at this week’s NFU conference will be alive with financial, labour and competition concerns.

Prime minister told that allowing in ‘food which would be illegal to produce here would not only be morally bankrupt, it would be the work of the insane’

NFU’s Minette Batters says ‘inept parliament’ forcing firms to spend millions to prepare.

The comments, from the acting Australian PM, will send shivers down the spine of the British farming community.

A government body has recommended that protections inherited from the EU to protect UK steel producers are ended.

The NFU warned Britain had been left for years without proper checks and balances on food imports from EU.

The union representing farming has revealed research which shows Britons would run out of food by the weekend if it was solely reliant on just British food.

Farmers have warned of "huge downsides" to Boris Johnson's new trade deal with New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.

Treasury silent on damage being caused by Brexit to Britain’s economy and Bank of England accused of being reluctant to talk about it.

British farmers fear they could go out of business following a post-Brexit trade deal with the US, the National Farmers Union has told the BBC.

Farmers are waking up to the effect Brexit could have on their industry, says PETER HETHERINGTON.

NFU president tells conference ministers have no understanding of how food production works. / Food producers have said the challenges they face are “the toughest in a generation” as members of the National Farmers’ Union met for their annual conference after the first full year of Brexit.

An estimated 200,000 pigs are backed up on farms because of a lack of skilled butchers to process them, while 40,000 animals have already been culled and their meat thrown away, farmers said this morning.

Union and consumer groups warn post-Brexit trade policy must hold food imports to same standards as UK.

NFU says British cattle and sheep farmers will lose out if Australian producers are given tariff-free access.

National Farmers’ Union president Minette Batters has taken a swipe at former prime minister Boris Johnson for adopting a “morally bankrupt” position during post-Brexit trade talks with the US.

Can someone tell the government Brexit has already happened? / The government has only now asked the Food Standards Agency to plan how it is going to protect public health and safety after Brexit – almost six months after the transition period for leaving the EU ended.

Worried farmers hit out at the government, telling NationalWorld it “has no interest in protecting the agricultural industry at all”.

‘Your boss has conceded the whole kingdom’, Australian negotiator said to have told Liz Truss.

As the UK-Australia trade deal comes into force, those close to the negotiations reflect on their dramatic — and farcical — climax.

The war in Ukraine and Brexit has led to serious problems for Kent farmers.

Pig farmers are facing a "human disaster" due to a shortage of abattoir workers, the National Farmer's Union has said.

Trade secretary agrees to set up a commission to oversee trade deals amid growing concern over chlorinated chicken imports.

From driving a tractor to driving government policy, NFU chief Minette Batters talks about the many challenges facing farming.

The NFU president has been dismayed by the government’s post-Brexit deals, but has vowed to fight on for British producers

Could take ‘decades’ to shift away from reliance on overseas staff, say food sector leaders attending Downing Street summit.

Changes to the agricultural sector following Brexit have been poorly received by English farmers, with many confused by “contradictory” policies.

Local MP Richard Thomson has highlighted a report from an All-Party Parliamentary Group which has found “unwelcome detrimental impacts on livelihoods” as a result of Brexit.

A campaign to ban cheap, low-quality food imports from the US in a post-Brexit trade deal has amassed well over 350,000 signatures.

Lord Debden says agreement ‘completely at odds with everything the government has promised’.

British farming will struggle to compete if zero-tariff trade on lamb and beef goes ahead with a post-Brexit trade deal with Australia, the president of the National Farmers’ Union (NFU) has said.

Minette Batters decries trade deal with Australia and New Zealand. / The president of the National Farmers’ Union has accused the government of using British food producers as a “pawn” in post-Brexit trade deals.

NFU President Minette Batters said the UK-New Zealand deal, as with the one signed early this year with Australia, has little benefit for British farmers and that a coherent approach is needed to bolster UK farming’s productivity.

No deal ‘cannot be allowed to happen’, Minette Batters says.

‘Everybody should be worried about what happens in a no-deal situation,’ Philip Rycroft says in interview with BBC Panorama.

Labour says the government "fiddling while Rome burns" as business groups complain they were ignored.

Post-Brexit controls on food, plant and animal imports to Britain from the EU have come into force.

“That means that you will have many farmers going out of business and indeed you would have to look at slaughtering quite a large percentage of the national sheep flock.”

The government’s food strategy lacks detail or any plans for implementation, and it is contradicted by its other policies.

More support needed, says union – as Keir Starmer vows ‘better trading relationship’ with EU will help farmers.

British goods face tariffs of up to 60 per cent while many imports won't be charged any under latest Tory plans.

Negotiations between the UK and Canada on a post-Brexit trade deal have broken down after nearly two years, following a row over beef and cheese. / Canada has been pushing for the UK to relax a ban on hormone-treated beef, which its producers say in effect shuts them out of the British market.

Fears for farmers and anger over dropping of pledge to bind Australia to crucial climate temperature limit.

‘Groundbreaking’ agreement criticised by UK farmers is part of 10-year plan to pivot to Indo-Pacific

NFU warns of ‘savage’ consequences of failure to secure free trade agreement with EU.

The UK’s trade agreement with Australia led to British farmers and associations voicing concerns about unfair competition and a lowering of food standards.

Three big retailers are placing limits on shoppers on some produce lines. What is behind the rationing?