British beef’s global credentials led by NFU boss – The Yorkshire Post says

THE public’s appetite for British beef is vindication of the campaign work began a decade ago by Minette Batters, the current NFU president, when she became one of the original instigators of Great British Beef Week.
By YP Comment
Published 8th Apr 2021, 11:31 BST
Updated 28th Apr 2021, 11:44 BST
Minette Batters is president of the NFU.Minette Batters is president of the NFU.
Minette Batters is president of the NFU.

Fast forward 10 years and the challenge facing agriculture is a different one; convincing the Government and others that sustainable red meat production is also compatible with farming’s desire to be carbon neutral by 2040.

It was summed up by Ms Batters when she said the UK has the “credentials” to set “the global standard for high welfare, climate-friendly beef and help build the British food brand across the world”.

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Words that are so typical of the dynamism which she brings to her current role, they now need to be the focal point of the Government’s post-Brexit farming policy. Now is the time for Defra to step up to the proverbial plate – and follow the lead of the NFU and other rural bodies.

What is the future for beef farming?What is the future for beef farming?
What is the future for beef farming?

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