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UK: NFU sets measures of success for 25-year food plan

Government must deliver increased UK self-sufficiency in food, increased farm business profitability and increased fairness and security in supply chains in the first five years of its 25-year food and farming plan for it to be a success, according to the NFU President.

NFU President Meurig Raymond, speaking at a Westminster Food & Nutrition Forum event, said that it was vital to have set goals for the respected government in charge of the 25-year food and farming plan and added: “Government and ministers come and go. Farm businesses do not.”

As Mr Raymond urged Defra to publish the plan as soon as possible, event delegates were informed that the 25-year food and farming plan would be released after the EU Referendum.

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