Defra say imported food with minor paperwork errors should be let through customs to avoid delays.

If UK farmers have minor errors with Red Tractor audits, can we still pass please?

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This was a very proud moment for me. A local Young Farmers club winning the Forage Aid trophy for raising £1,700 for the charity. Brilliant guys, just brilliant. 👏👏
See #WardysWaffle on YouTube. ⬇️
youtu.be/Or5_Bqs58iU

Fancy shooting 100 clays and support 3 local charities in the process? Saturday May 11th.
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Lovely morning here in the #breadbasketoftheworld (long may it last 🙏) I was wondering if the geese were going to “see off” Andrew Ward 🇬🇧🚜 little helper as they are very protective. Maybe they thought that would be a step too far! Goslings growing so quickly 😀😍

'Farmers are food producers at the end of the day and if we're not doing that it's going to impact everybody.'

ICYMI 📺| NFU President Tom Bradshaw (@proagriltd) was on Sky News this morning discussing the devastating impact continued wet weather is having on farmers nationwide.

Fantastic news for you Henry. With all you’ve had to cope with in the last few months, I bet you could have done with some gas and air at times!!! ⬇️

“Jeremy Clarkson has questioned how so little of the money in the food supply chains ends up in farmers’ hands when they are taking most of the risk.”

~ Farmers Weekly

“For 1kg of apples purchased in a supermarket (about 6 apples), the apple grower has costs of 76p, yet receives in profit just 1% (3 pence) of a selling price of £2.20.”

~ Source: Sustain Report 2022 (unpacking food prices)

“For a 350g four-pack of beef burgers purchased in a supermarket for £3.50, the beef farmer here has high costs of 90p, yet receives in profit 0.03% (far less than a penny), and far less than the processor with similar costs.”

Source: Sustain Report 2022 (unpacking food prices)

“For a 480g pack of mild cheddar purchased in a supermarket the dairy farmer has high production costs of £1.48 yet receives in profit 0.02% (much less than a penny) of the selling price of £2.50.”

~ Source: Sustain Report 2022 (unpacking food prices)

ITV 1 now, all about food and great to of contributed.

👇👇 A great result
#Court #Conviction #Notinourcounty

Join us for this year’s Charity Clay Shoot in support of 3 vital, local charities👇Come + join us and test your skills, have a catch up with fellow farmers, have some valuable time away from farm + just enjoy yourself.

If you would like to send Cairo some toys or treats to settle her in the wishlist for Essex is on our pinned tweet, or DM for Address to send to, we will make sure she knows Love, Happiness and how to just be a pet instead of a cash machine ❤️

You may have seen this girl on your feeds looking for rescue space. Cairo is 6yrs old and she arrived at our Essex kennels today, this poor girl has been repeatedly bred as well as having half her ear bitten off 😢
#dogs #GermanShepherd #Essex

At 229 days, the 2023/24 #sugarbeet lifting campaign was longest on record, due to extreme weather, says NFU Sugar Board Chairman Michael Sly (@mhssly). 'No one wants a campaign of this length. It increases aphids, reduces efficiency of processors' #sugarbeet #NFUCouncil

Lincs arable farmer and @forageaid founder Andrew Ward (@wheat_daddy) warns of serious #straw shortage later this season. 24 out of 49 fields on his farm won't have a crop this #harvest - and that's just his farm! #harvest 24 #crops #arable #farming NFU Press Team

Perfect place for a Storm Shadow to visit . . . . .