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NFU Calls for Food Targets to Reverse Declining Production Trends Across Northampton
The report says 65% of wheat and barley on cereal farms and 26% of some sheep products come from loss-making businesses.
- On Wednesday, the NFU marked Back British Farming Day by urging the government to set ambitious homegrown food targets to address a growing food security crisis.
- New research reveals Britain produces less food than 30 years ago, with self-sufficiency falling in 10 of 11 everyday foods while agri-food import volumes surged 70%.
- NFU President Tom Bradshaw noted 65% of wheat and barley grown on cereal farms came from businesses operating at a loss, while 93% of households support increased self-sufficiency.
- The worst drought in 50 years is set to cost wheat growers £370 million, prompting Bradshaw to claim successive governments have "sleepwalked into making it harder to produce food at home."
- Collaboration with Defra's Farming and Food Partnership Board is essential, Bradshaw noted, as a planning system enabling growth and tax incentives are crucial to feed 29 million households.
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Hertfordshire farmers call for homegrown food targets on Back British Farming Day
Hertfordshire farmers called for ambitious homegrown food targets on Back British Farming Day as new NFU research reveals Britain is producing less food than it did 30 years ago.
·Hemel Hempstead, United Kingdom
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