Leaders of the farming industry have comdemned the Food Standards Agency's (FSA) plans to force the meat sector to pay all the costs of official inspections in meat plants, according the Country La
A report in the Farmers Weekly says that lamb prices will remain buoyant for the next three years but the industry must work hard to convince consumers that the price is worth paying.
The Farmers Weekly reports that Defra has been challenged with creating a new culture of regulation as part of a 200-step plan to ease the burden of red tape within agriculture.