What the work turns up

Britain and the EU have agreed a draft deal to end most checks on food and farm exports, with leaders due to sign it on 20 November. Exporters gain…

Britain emptied its last food depots in 1995. With war on the continent and the NAO warning that Defra leans too hard on industry, it is time to look…

The fish is paid for within the week; the customer pays in fifty days. In between, the merchant is lending six weeks of trade. A strong run of…

In many farming families, the prices one company charges another were set years ago and left alone. The group makes the same money either way. But…

In many family farming groups, what each company owns and earns lives in two or three people's heads. Since April 2026, with a £2.5m ceiling on…

Farmers asked for breathing space and got almost none. John Healey's first Budget extended a fuel duty cut that was already in place and left nearly…

A full blower load into one bin takes very little time. Three small drops on a hill farm can take most of a morning. Many mills charge the same for…

"Reclaimed" on an invoice is a description, not evidence. Waste, used and second-hand wood can sit outside the EUDR, and the exclusions have widened…

Loss gets one line in a grower's accounts, booked at dispatch because that is where someone is counting. The crop usually went somewhere else. A…

A livestock wagon drives out full and comes home empty, and diesel now costs about 40% more than it did a year ago. Most hauliers know their rate per…