In the news: NFU15 Conference coverage

Coverage of NFU Conference in the news today includes:

Adverts in the national press:

Sky News: Ran a Britishness over price debate and asked people get involved by texting and emailing. The Sky News app (pictured below) and website article said that half of UK food will come from abroad by 20140. Guy Smith was quoted on the article.

BBC Breakfast News, in the Midlands, had the Conference as it's lead story and featured Secretary of State Elizabeth Truss in an interview on farm which was filmed in the Midlands yesterday.

By mid-morning, the hashtag #NFU15 was trending at number four in the UK.

GMB talked about the statistics of the Volatile World report.

NFU Deputy President Minette Batters was interviewed live on LBC at 6.55am on the Back British Farming in a Volatile World Report

Website coverage:

NFU report reveals alarming forecast for food self-sufficiency
The Journal

Cumbria Crack NFU talks exports, EU, TB
Cumbria Crack

NFU raises alarm on UK self-sufficiency in food
Meat Info

NFU issues self-sufficiency warning as conference starts
Farmers Guardian

Farmers urge politicians to put food security on general election agenda 
Western Morning News

Next government faces ‘stark choice’ on farming
Farmers Weekly

UK will need to import over half of its food within a generation, farmers warn
The Guardian

Farmers warn just half of UK's food needs will be met by homegrown produce in the 2040s
WalesOnline

‘Disturbing’ decline in food production
Financial Times

Half of British food will come from abroad by 2080, farmers warn 
The Express

Farming and food needs to be a 'priority'
Western Daily Press

Farmers warn of shortage in British food
The Yorkshire Post

Manufacturers back calls to boost UK Production
Food Manufacture

Farmers leaders warn of threat to home reared produce by 2080
Herald Scotland

New Report Reveals Alarming UK Self-Sufficiency Figures
The Poultry Site