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Stephen Ramsden, Harrogate, discusses UK food security following news that lamb and beef production have fallen significantly in recent decades

Glastonbury and Somerton MP Sarah Dyke has written exclusively for ²ÝÁñÉçÇø Guardian on the vital role of small abattoirs to farming communities and why they need Government support to stay open

The proposed system includes two new voluntary tiers, each with its own dedicated logo

In today's Farming in Five, chief reporter Rachael Brown reflects on the significant investment needed by dairy farmers to meet regulatory requirements, the dairy farm that has been purchased to turn it into a 'haven' for biodiversity with the help of a Wallace and Gromit animator, and a new research project using seaweed to foster plant resilience

NFU livestock board chair David Barton said with investment from the Government and the entire supply chain, the beef sector could meet 'growing global demand, while aligning with climate and environment ambitions'

This week from ²ÝÁñÉçÇø Guardian acting editor Katie Jones

In today's Farming in Five, chief reporter Rachael Brown reports on a letter sent by the Efra Committee chair, Alistair Carmichael to the Farming Minister calling on the Government to focus on five key areas to improve fairness and resilience in the food supply chain. Later today Mr Carmichael will be presenting his food supply chain fairness bill in Parliament. And the absence of rural crime in the Government's Crime and Policing Bill has been branded 'unacceptable' by a Liberal Democrat MP

Dr David Llewellyn has been appointed, after leading the independent commission that produced the farm assurance review report in January

This week's opinion from throughout the world of agriculture: James Young - vice-president of Agriculture at McCain Foods GB

Farming Minister Daniel Zeichner told farmers at the Norfolk Farming Conference ‘the Budget is as the Budget is' and it was not going to change