All Brexit articles – Page 23
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Analysis & Features
Is Brexit to blame for the 20-mile lorry queues into Dover?
Traffic jams into the port are on the rise and more delays are likely with extra border checks from July. So what’s behind the Dover issues?
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Analysis & Features
Why aren’t supermarkets clearing the pork backlog?
Many producers are frustrated at a perceived lack of support from UK supermarkets
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News
Brexit: calls grow for EU-UK veterinary deal to cut border red tape
Farmers, fishers and hauliers say some businesses can no longer trade with EU
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Comment & Opinion
Pig crisis conflict to seasonal wage confusion: five key takeaways from the NFU Conference 2022
The conference was a day of lively debate as it broached the problems currently facing farmers with speeches from NFU president Minette Batters, Defra secretary George Eustice and more
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News
George Eustice rejects calls for pig crisis financial support at NFU Conference
Eustice rejected multiple calls for direct financial support, as NFU president Minette Batters slammed the government’s “total lack of understanding about how food production works”
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News
Red tape plagued dairy exports to the EU 'could grind to a halt'
Lye Cross Farm says new health certification requirements are too narrow
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News
Defra makes key change to pig support package in boost for sector
It will now allow animals processed under its Slaughter Incentive Payment Scheme to be sold on the domestic market
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News
HMRC acknowledges confusion over new customs form requirements
Filippo Berio has reported delays to olive oil shipments from Italy due to the confusion
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News
Brexit: UK, EU and Irish statistics show major shifts in Britain’s food trade
The ONS warned the ‘volatile’ data shown in its latest stats were due to Brexit, the pandemic and the global supply chain crisis
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News
Defra to launch supply chain probe into UK pig crisis
It comes as more than 200,000 animals are now backlogged on farms
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News
Northern Ireland Brexit food checks to continue for now
A Belfast court has overruled a call to end checks by NI’s agriculture minister, pending further legal challenges
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News
Backlogged pigs hit 200k as producers call for more supermarket support
The crisis-hit pig sector was due to meet in an industry summit on Thursday
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News
UK-Australia trade deal slammed again by meat sector
The deal has been described as “useless” and one that hands the advantage to Australian farmers
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Comment & Opinion
No end in sight over debate on checks for food ‘imports’ to Northern Ireland
The DUP, with one eye on elections in May, has put the issue of checks on food – and by extension Northern Ireland’s post-Brexit constitutional status – right on the table
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News
Import controls on EU goods ‘not as chaotic as expected’, suggests survey
But smaller businesses ‘feel the pinch’ while food importers face biggest challenges
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News
Growers predict further shortfalls of labour during 2022
Defra announced in December that SAWS would be extended until the end of 2024
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News
Food businesses advised to ignore NI minister’s halt to Brexit border checks
Northern Ireland’s agriculture minister Edwin Poots has announced a halt in checks on farm and food goods arriving from Great Britain
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News
Meat exporters renew calls for veterinary deal with EU
An agreement could ease post-Brexit cost and red tape burdens, BMPA believes
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News
UK seafood exports to EU hampered by licence confusion
The latest Brexit trade hitch comes amid report of delays for trucks entering Dover
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News
Lamb exporters could have opening as New Zealand misses EU quota
Shipments from New Zealand – which make up around 80% of the EU’s imports – are falling short due to demand from China and the high cost of long-distance shipping