Richard Wright Euro Notebook - What farmers really, really want
We may have left the EU, but what they want will strike a chord with farmers here still looking for the simpler systems Brexit supporters promised.
We may have left the EU, but what they want will strike a chord with farmers here still looking for the simpler systems Brexit supporters promised.
Society would benefit from reconnecting farm activities with supermarket prices.
Brexit trade negotiations resemble booking a flight with a budget airline.
There has been a shift as a result of the protests and the threat from far right anti-EU parties, not just in the European Parliament but in national legislatures.
Politicians, irrespective of party, are in election mode, strategising actions.
There's no going back to below cost selling for farmers. Global food prices stabilise post inflationary peak.
The timeless truth of Parkinson’s Law, first articulated in a 1950s Economist magazine essay, still resonates in today's work culture
Success in agriculture hinges on farm products being purchased globally.
European farm protests persist, albeit reduced compared to recent months.
The government's choice of name for the farming summit, 'farm to fork,' was unfortunate.
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