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The letters have all been sent to national newspapers or the trade press in response to articles which have appeared in their publications. read more..

Sunday Times Letter 09 Jan 2012

Sir, The sustainable intensification of farming, to produce more food with a smaller environmental footprint (Charles Clover Sunday Times January 8), will take many forms. Biotechnology isn’t the only tool in the box, but it will undoubtedly be part of read more..

Organic feed letter to the Farmers Guardian 04 Jan 2012

This letter has been sent to the Farmers Guardian following an article on organic feed read more..

A letter to Farmers Guardian 23 Dec 2011

Sir, Mr Denny accuses the NFU of colluding with the Badger Trust and betraying the already depressed farming community (FG, Dec 9), but it is he who has made inaccurate accusations and misunderstands the NFU’s involvement in the vaccination project. read more..

Letter to Farmers Weekly on Tenants 22 Dec 2011

Sir, A significant majority of the NFU’s 47,000 members have tenancy interests, and it was at their specific request in our recent membership review that we enhanced and expanded our tenancy offer (‘NFU’s focus should not be on tenants’, FW, read more..

Sale of Cheshire West and Chester County farms 21 Dec 2011

Sir, We are very disappointed the executive committee of Cheshire West and Chester Council has made the decision to sell its county farms estate. This decision is not good news for any new entrants wanting to enter the agricultural industry. read more..

Letter to the Daily Telegraph on bovine TB 19 Dec 2011

Following an article in the Daily Telegraph by Geoffrey Lean on bovine TB, the NFU has sent this response read more..

Letter to the Daily Mail on peat. 16 Dec 2011

This letter has been sent to the Daily Mail following an article on the use of peat in agriculture and gardening. read more..

Letter to Farmers Weekly 12 Dec 2011

Sir, Peter Kendall's intention is mis understood ('Work together to reform CAP for all', FW, 9th December). It is definitely not to create a schism between farmers and environmentalists, nor to deny the specific biodiversity challenges, but to highlight the read more..

Letter to Farmers Weekly about CAP and sugar reforms 07 Dec 2011

This letter has been sent to Farmers Weekly in response to an article by Philip Case on the CAP and sugar reforms read more..

A letter to The Garden magazine on hedge management 02 Dec 2011

A letter to The Garden magazine in response to an article on garden birds and hedgerow management read more..

Letter to Farmers Weekly on lobbying groups 28 Nov 2011

The following letter has been sent to Farmers Weekly following its article on lobbying and campaigning groups involved with agriculture. read more..

Letter to South East Farmer about CAP reform 08 Nov 2011

This letter has been sent to South East Farmer in response to an article by Stephen Carr about CAP reform read more..

Food inflation due to imported food - letter 03 Nov 2011

Imported food was blamed for rising food prices in the UK according to an article in the Daily Telegraph on Thursday November 3 2011 read more..

Letter to Farmers Guardian on bTB 24 Oct 2011

This letter has been sent to Farmers Guardian in response to a letter on bTB which criticises Peter Kendall and Martin Haworth read more..

Suppliers under pressure from retailers, The Grocer magazine 11 Oct 2011

An article in The Grocer magazine reported suppliers were coming under pressure from retailers as the magazine continued its report into the new supermarket price war resulting from the launch of Tesco’s new price drop initiative. This letter was sent from the NFU’s Director of Corporate Affairs Tom Hind. read more..

A response to an article on the economic value of farming 28 Sep 2011

This has been sent to The Sunday Times in response to an article related to the RSPB's report on the economic value of farming. read more..

A joint letter to The Times on national planning policy 23 Sep 2011

Sir In the debate over the Government’s planning reforms, we are in danger of throwing the baby out with the bathwater. There is a strong case for a reformed national planning policy framework that delivers growth, jobs and new business read more..

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