she's also president of the national farmers�* union. ty, are we asking our farmers for the impossible? minette batters, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. it's a great pleasure to be on yourfarm. and the sun is shining and, in some ways, you would think the sun would be shining on farmers. food prices are spiralling higher. you would think that would be good news for farmers. is it? it's — it's quite extraordinary. i don't think, in my lifetime, i've ever faced into anything like the cost inflation that we're facing with our inputs now. so, we're seeing triple digit inflation on — on fertiliser, we've seen diesel costs up by 57%, feed costs up by nearly 60%. these are huge price pressures and, of course... you have chosen to alight upon the price pressures, i chose to start by talking about the prices you are receiving because we know that consumers are struggling to meet the prices of the basic foodstuffs that they buy in the supermarket, which makes me think surely, the farmers, at least, are getting the bonus of greater inc

find out a little bit more about all of this with rebecca, who's from the nfu mutual, the national farmers union day. dog owners would love to make the most of this. but why is it becoming more of a problem now, do you think? well, dog attacks have always been an issue for farmers. but what we found over the pandemic, we had this big surge in dog ownership. also, lots of people made the most of the countryside and that's really important for our wellbeing. but unfortunately, many people new to dog owning and they didn't have the opportunities for training, socialisation and sadly we've seen this big increase in attacks. and on the business aspect of it, presumably the cost comes on top of existing pressures financially for the farming industry? absolutely. so farmers are very hard pressed at the moment. with these dog attacks, we estimate the uk cost is about £1.8 million. but behind that figure there's the suffering to the animals and there's the anxiety for farmers because they have to deal with the aftermath of very horrific attacks. let's get some practical advice for people who do own dogs.

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the desk for the next 60 minutes — countryside queen, minette batters — president of the national farmers union, ebay, murray lambell. and the labour mayor of west yorkshire and former corrie and emmerdale star, tracy brabin. good morning and welcome to the programme. we'll look at the front pages in a second but do wait for that judy blume interview — i've always wanted to speak to her. now, those front pages. sunday telegraph, staff could sue their boss if customers offend them. the observer says there is a crisis in care homes for children. and sunday times ones of more health strikes to come. the mail on sunday says there is a vegan plot to sabotage the grand national. the sunday mirror pays tribute to paul o'grady, the comic who passed away this week. the sunday express puts even more pressure on the prime minister over his migration commitments. we can get straight to that. welcome to you all and we will speak to the home secretary in a few minutes. forthe speak to the home secretary in a few minutes. for the farming industry, often you say you have to have immigration because you need pe

there is broad consensus among groups representing growers including the farm bureau and the national farmers union, including in the inflation reduction act stay in place. i am concerned about not sustaining higher funding levels for these historically oversubscribed and underfunded programs in the future. from your perspective, how should this committee be thinking about future funding for conservation programs in the context of the 2023 farm bill? what might the value be to farmers if we were to sustain these higher levels of investments over the long-term? >> well, the inflation reduction act provides us the opportunity to actually address the backlog, significant backlog of farmers who want work done, but have not been able to get the approval. the expectation is we could actually, within several years, be able to eliminate the backlog and provide additional resources for advancing climate smart practices, which will allow farmers additional income opportunities. >> it is critical, reducing the backlog. these are producers who want to employ the programs on their farms. we made the effort to r

to agree you have now reduced the standards we say that we could because we haven't until national union of farmersnd they are the farm side of that they've found the agreement not from anything i've read and to them they haven't . this was in them they haven't. this was in them they haven't. this was in the paper welcoming it to the what what they've said is that you've sold out british farmers but let's move on to the environment because this your environment because this is your point food isn't point on cheaper food isn't cheaper food a good thing for british consumers, isn't it? we're don't we won't? we're in crisis. don't we won't? absolutely do. i you absolutely do. i think, you know, if you think about from know, if you think about it from from and mr. sunak's books from your and mr. sunak's books on the prime minister's point of view around your table, children won't have to worry about what's in the food because you'll be able afford quality able to afford the high quality because you've got a rich table. but what about everybody else? about you say cost about people who you say cost livi

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farmers and the national foundation have been taken, and we have received different prices of the costs of wheat from the national wheat farmers foundation in writing, as well as from the room. the trade unionsran also took the agricultural economy planning research institute from the scene of the council meeting, which is how much the price is to be presented and numbered, and 410 thousand and 600 tomans of dry wheat has been announced up to 17 thousand tomans, and this is based on the budget law based on financing from on the part of the government and the organization of the program and budget and with collective wisdom, it will definitely be taken to be in the first interest of production. the manager of the integrated car allocation system announced the possibility of editing for domestic car applicants and said mr. taghdasi, the applicants whose car delivery status is in 1403 from may 5th for 5 days today, they can train their type of car. after determining the turns and ranking of the applicants, the applicant will know when it will be possible to deliver the car for a specific car, and the possibility of editing the car based on the delivery time is provided until the year 1410 of th

the private sector, the wheat farmers' own sector , the national wheat farmers foundation, two are good farmers chosen by the minister of agriculture, the country's trade union organization, the head of the company is a full-fledged government organization, the organization of the agricultural engineering system , the central unions of this they are present regarding the decision, can they themselves participate in the decision that is made? how much effort do you make? the fact that it is close to the cost and the specifications of the engineer is the projected price that you actually want to offer today and you did not offer. under the pricing council, various meetings have been held, the opinions of farmers and the national foundation have been taken, and we have received different prices of wheat costs from the national wheat farmers foundation in writing, from the chamber of guilds of iran, and the agricultural economy planning research institute. from the scene of the council meeting to propose how much 1,600 tomans of wheat is declared, the estimates are up to 17,000 tomans, and this is based on the budget law, based on funding from the government and

base al jazeera at the united nations european union agriculture ministers, a meeting in luxembourg to discuss potential restrictions on food imports from ukraine. farmers in the you are increasingly concerned about cheap grain and other products coming in from ukraine by land roots. several countries including poland to introduce temporary import bands, to support their own farmers. we continue to support, look, i know a possible means. and i think with europe in union can to, to helpful and products and materials to go freely to certain countries, even if it stay somehow in the european union to help those countries touched in pose, belong, bullish cases, maybe gains not been cases more touched by poultry. ex productions and so the president of guatemala has pledged his support. 40, referred to as the republic of taiwan on the state visits the island. alejandro metalli's get my tires. response presence rather comes the china steps up, pressure on the small group of countries that maintains formal ties with taiwan. china views the island as its own territory has condemned the visit thing um, horizontal gal. at the moment, i want everyone to trust that

farmers, though at the expense of the national budgets. and in the future , experts tell them how much grain is grown in the union itself. get two hundred uh, as they are expanding the queues from the topic of grain and let's try to assess the news background around ukraine, now the data has appeared wiretaps of the general secretary. un s. ideas of other things, they say, how gutesh was extremely underestimated. the fact that when he visited ukraine, he was, in fact , dragged into the awarding of the military, even said such a phrase, the ukrainians are doing everything to eliminate us before that, france blocked the european union from purchasing ammunition for ukraine for a billion euros happened. this is after the macrons' trip to china of similar news, indeed a lot of them all sound like the eye of truth to us, and for a western audience such rhetoric is really rare, we see how it largely comes serious disunity e among european states, and to deal with the problems of european states, and not e. in general, it is incomprehensible to support ukraine in someone’s interests, but it is clear in the interests, which , in

almost the same amount to farmers as they have already given, though at the expense of national budgets. and in the future , experts tell them how much grain is grown in the unionomewhere within the limits. eh, well, everything, almost completely. ukraine, the un wiretap data appeared

the same amount to help farmers how much has already been given, though at the expense of national budgets, and in the future , experts tell them how much grain is grown in the unionomewhere within. eh, well, everything, almost completely. by queues, based on the fact that prices were high for a second, let's digress from the topic of grain and try to assess the news background around ukraine, here we have data on wiretapping of the un secretary general, among other things. they say how gutheridge was extremely dissatisfied with the fact that when he visited ukraine, he was, in fact, dragged into the awarding of the military, he even said such a phrase ukrainians are doing everything to eliminate us before france blocked the european union from purchasing ammunition for ukraine for a billion euros happened. this is after macron's trip to china of similar news, indeed a lot of them all sound like the eye of truth to us, and for western audiences such rhetoric, it's really rare that we see major disunity set in to a large extent. uh, among european states , once they deal with the problems of european states, they, in general, support ukraine are incomprehensible ch

nations including poland, hungary, slovakia, and romania, turned to the e. u to address the excessive brain imports from ukraine. the group asked the union to establish fixed quotas on imports from the country. farmers from several countries protested against the influx of agricultural products that has led to the under cutting of domestic growing crops for some time now, cheap grain exports from ukraine have been flooding. europe with brussels waving customs, duties on calves exports, to support ukrainian producers, poland and hungary introduce a ban on green imports from ukraine on on the same day last week, warsaw made the move after polish farmers rallied in protest near the border with ukraine. poland says the ban is intended to protect its domestic food market. budapest says the ban will last until june, 30th this year. he have reacted to the initiative with accusations against warsaw in budapest saying their decision contradicts previous agreements. meanwhile, the european commission has reacted negatively to the ban. se unilateral actions on trade by members states are unacceptable. it is important to underline the trade policy, ease of exclusive competence, and therefore, unilateral actions

reports 1,000 romanian farmers brought their equipment to the streets of bucharest and blocked national highways, all because of ukrainian grain that flooded the country the european unione and duties, plus ukraine itself, if only to sell , dropped prices by 70% from romania, and the ready storehouse is crammed with local peasants. on the verge of ruin to the state of ukraine's neighbor in poland settled grain according to the documents that went to other countries. today, warsaw announced that this practice is over or transit or nothing similar problems faced hungary bulgaria and glory in china, the main topic , ending the day, the talks of xi jingping and emmanuel macron from beijing leader moved almost 2.000 km to the south in seaside guangzhou this is a personal moment for president of the people's republic of china at the time. his father worked there, heading one of the largest regions of the country from statements beijing tv highlights china's position on ukraine xi jinping invites macron to put forward his vision of a settlement. xi jinping noted that the causes of the ukrainian crisis are complex and any delay will harm all parties, an early cessation of hosti

farmers in eastern european countries can be understood because, according to the data of the same european commission and national ministries, up to 40% of grain that entered through the borders of ukraine with the european unionrtunately, up to 40% of all grain was then left on the territory of poland, slovakia, hungary, romania, or bulgaria, respectively. did this affect the fact that prices fell? rather, no, because this is a global trend and a general world market. juncture but again, here is the question. well, who will be there to use such practical and active arguments when it comes to, for example, as in the case of poland, and about the elections that are approaching, here is why there is , let's say, such an emotional component unequivocally political emotional populist on the one hand on the other hand we still need to not be very careful now to be in this situation why because once again and we will also have a new harvest and according to the latest data that i have at my disposal we for example, in the month of march. if we talk about the export of grain, you and i exported about 3-4 million tons of grain through our grain corridor, that is, through the sea ports of the black sea of ​​greater ode