If you value the British Countryside then you must stand up and support the farmers who not only produce some of the finest food in the world but who maintain our beautiful landscapes and against all the odds do their best to maintain biodiversity.

Why do I say against the odds? Because at all turns farmers are inhibited in their labours by some government regulation.

British Farming is on its knees. Every sector is suffering – my niece who is dairy gets 33.5p a litre for milk which costs her 50p a litre to produce. The pig industry has shrunk to about half its pre- pandemic level due to government policy. Similarly, egg production has fallen due to the mass slaughter of birds during the bird flu outbreak leading to a shortage of replacement birds and a rise in the costs.

Arable sector is also in trouble and the likelihood is that far fewer acres of cereals will be grown next year. The growing of rape seed for oil is at an all-time low due to government bans on seed dressings and insecticides.  

Our requirements are being made up by imports from countries which have not banned these substances.

Unless this is changed farming in Britain will cease and the countryside will either revert to scrub or be covered in solar panels, windmills or rabbit hutches masquerading as dwellings.



You, the public can influence this situation – you can write to your MP or better still you can buy direct from the farmer or farmers’ market.

Let’s work together to save British Farming and our beautiful British Countryside.

Pat Bryant

UK Independence Party Spokesman for Food and Rural Affairs