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The farming industry has been urged to ‘keep the pressure on’ Government to negotiate trade deals which work for UK agriculture, amid concerns about the new Defra Secretary’s stance.

Defra’s consultation into pig sector contracts fails to cover the wider supply chain, giving the department ‘insufficient information’ to base decisions on, industry chiefs have warned.

The Foundation for Common Land (FCL) has warned the last three per cent of England’s collectively managed land is at risk of being lost due to the slow development of the Environmental Land Management (ELM) scheme.