Agriculture deemed an important industry again by world demand

RISING world demand, climate change and energy security have combined to make agriculture a strategically important industry once again.

That’s what Peter Kendall, president of the National Farmers Union (NFU), representing farmers and growers in England and Wales, told the Oxford Farming Conference, which opened yesterday.

He said agriculture offers society solutions, not problems, and to hear politicians acknowledge that would be a great start to the NFU’s centenary year.