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As stewards of the countryside, the agricultural sector has shaped our rural environment and communities for generations. UK farms have long been intrinsic to the nation\u2019s food security and today, they are also on the front line of tackling wider issues such as biodiversity, environmental protection and global warming. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, a series of geo-political crises and uncertainties \u2013 inflation, the war in Ukraine, extreme weather and the Pandemic \u2013 have created unprecedented challenges for UK farmers. Heavy rainfall and cool summer temperatures have exacerbated an already precarious situation this year, delivering a low yielding harvest, made worse by economic instability and escalating costs. On the ground, these conditions have made it challenging to even get tractors and livestock into waterlogged fields. As a result, we have seen the culmination of a \u201cperfect storm\u201d of crises, which are pushing farm margins to the brink and putting up prices for everyday staples, such as bread.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This Farming Sustainably Report<\/strong> builds on SEUK\u2019s Farming Factsheet, produced with the assistance of Dr Jonathan Scurlock, NFU Chief Adviser on Renewable Energy and Climate Change, which stressed solar farms \u201cdo not in any way present a risk to the UK\u2019s food security,\u201d contrary to false and misleading claims in the media and even those expressed in parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jake Setterfield, Senior Account Director, Meeting Place<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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