Farmers 'bereft of confidence' as Iran war pushes up costs

Bradshaw said environmental land management schemes (ELMs) and Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) had left farmers more "exposed to global markets", and increasing Government support for farmers would help improve food security. "We're producing less beef, less cereals, less vegetables, less poultry than we were over the past decade. That is not a resilient food system that 70 million people rely on every day." It comes as the Government announced a support package for motorists , external . This included a cut in fuel duty of more than a third on red diesel - a move expected to support farmers who use it in their tractors and other agricultural machinery. The Government said the changes would help keep the cost of doing business down at a difficult time when red diesel prices are around 50% more than their levels before the conflict.