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Poultry farmers in England and Scotland will no longer have to change how their eggs are labelled during housing orders due to avian influenza, saving farmers from costly labelling requirements

Defra says programme offers more opportunity for farmers across the industry - who will it help?

The Government is extending permitted development rights to give farmers greater freedoms to diversify and convert agricultural buildings for commercial uses

The Commissioner will be appointed this autumn

A power outage has affected the British Cattle Movements Service

NFU President Tom Bradshaw said: "The success of the bTB eradication strategy is dependent on a range of methods to tackle the disease, including badger vaccination, responsible cattle movements and badger control"

The committee has urged the Government to look at five key areas in 2024:- food security, fairness in the supply chain, future farming policy, labour shortages and the introduction of a Tenant Farming Commissioner

The extension will mean 43,000 visas will be available to the horticulture sector in 2025, with another 2,000 visas for poultry

Counties along the south and east coasts of England, including Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Kent, and Sussex, are considered 'most likely to be impacted'

The NFU is calling for the Government to recognise 'the extraordinary nature' of what has been the wettest 18 months since 1836, warning that many farms may be unable to survive