Read the key reports issued by the NFU for our campaigns, sector, policy and lobbying teams.
Read the key reports issued by the NFU for our campaigns, sector, policy and lobbying teams.
Launched at NFU21, Levelling Up Rural Britain highlights how British farming and rural communities can provide the solution to many of the challenges the nation faces by driving sustainable food production and pioneering food policy that produces carbon-neutral food.
The NFU's Integrated Water Management report calls for urgent action and investment to bring water infrastructure up to date to better cope with extreme weather events, from flooding to drought. The report sets out why a long-term, collaborative approach is needed, and how the NFU is calling for farmers and land managers to be part of the solution and take on-farm action to help achieve these goals.
The NFU Landscape & Access report showcases the extensive role British farming plays in maintaining the nation's iconic landscapes, and sets out how future policy needs to enable farmers to continue this pivotal role.
British Farming: Setting the Standard gives examples of British farmers' high standards in areas such as traceability, animal welfare, plant health and the environment. It makes clear that future trade should celebrate and promote our high standards, rather than undermine them.
From consultations and campaigns to Brexit and Bills, the NFU Yearbook shows members how the NFU has worked for them and their farm businesses over the past year.
NFU Annual Review 2019, includes an introduction from NFU Director General Terry Jones and financial reports.
This booklet includes 26 case studies, from farms across England and Wales, showing how farmers are working towards net zero. The examples represent every farming sector and cover each of the three pillars outlined in the NFU's net zero plan: productivity, carbon storage, and renewables and bioenergy.
The challenges and opportunities of transferring EU pesticide regulation into UK law.
From Farmvention to Crimestoppers, water to beef prices and Westminster to Brussels, the NFU Yearbook is an invaluable tool to help existing and prospective members understand how the NFU has worked for them and their farm businesses over the past year in England and Wales.
Achieving Net Zero: Farming's 2040 Goal (September 2019) sets out three pillars of activity that will help the industry to reach its ambitious goal.
NFU Annual Review 2018, includes an introduction from NFU Director General Terry Jones and financial reports.
The Future of Food report looks beyond Brexit to 2040, exploring what we'll be eating, how we'll be buying it and the technologies that will influence food production.
Review of the NFU's key activity on behalf of its members throughout 2018.
Focusing on four key areas - moral imperative, health and nutrition, integrity and standards and working with nature - this document raises important questions about what Britain needs for a thriving domestic food industry (2018).
Produced in 2015 this NFU report looked at the key issues for farming should there be an EU Referendum.
The NFU is committed to making sure that farmers are not seen as a 'soft target' for criminals. Peaceful rural places may seem to be the last place to find criminal activity, but farming communities are often subject to a range of serious crimes (2018).
The LEI Wageningen UR study provides an insight into the potential effects of two key issues for farm businesses in a post-Brexit world - our international trading relationship (and its impact on the domestic market) and the level of domestic support for farmers (2016).
Our report has four key themes: moral imperative, health and nutrition, integrity and standards and working with nature (2018).
This study was carried out by LEI Wageningen UR and was commissioned and financed by the NFU (2016).
The NFU's summary response to the government's consultation: "Health and Harmony: the future for food, farming and the environment in a Green Brexit"
NFU report on delivering for farmers and the public (2017).
Food is essential to us all. The UK food chain is passionate about providing a safe, affordable and secure supply of food for the country. However, Brexit presents an unprecedented challenge to the affordability, availability, and choice of food for UK consumers (2018).
NFU report on Domestic Agricultural Policy and the three elements of its success - Productivity, Environment and Volatility (2017).
NFU report on volatility, one of the three themes of a domestic agricultural policy (2017).
NFU report on improving agricultural productivity, one of the three themes of a domestic agricultural policy (2017).
NFU report on delivering for the farmed environment, one of the three themes of a domestic agricultural policy (2017).
Vision for the Future of Farming (2017).
Vision for the Future of Farming (2017).
Vision for the Future of Farming (2017).
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