NFU President Tom Bradshaw said: “If these cost pressures persist – which span the whole food supply chain – food inflation could rise, as recent reporting suggests. We’ve already seen a similar situation play out with the Russian invasion of Ukraine which drove an ongoing cost-of-living crisis here.
“This is something the government needs to take very seriously and must look to help mitigate the growing burden of risk that faces farmers and growers.
“In the long-term, it all comes down to resilience. We need to find ways to prevent UK farm businesses becoming collateral damage of global politics.”
