Labour Conference – news updates
2 October 2001
Labour Conference – news updates
Foot-and-mouth – latest outbreaks
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- Minister: Farms vital but must change
FARMING must change if it is to remain a vital part of Britains rural economy, warns Rural Affairs Secretary Margaret Beckett. - Organic targets are disastrous
SOME countries are finding that introducing national targets for organic production is disastrous, the government is told. - Farm commission has one hand tied
THE Policy Commission into food and farming has “one hand tied behind its back”, claim environmentalists from Friends of the Earth. - Beckett silent on arable aid
RURAL Affairs Secretary Margaret Beckett refuses to say whether she will help arable farmers hit by the worst harvest for years. - No more organic cash – for now
RURAL Affairs Secretary Margaret Beckett appears to have ruled out additional funding for organic farmers at least for the time being.
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