The primary purpose of farming is food production, Steve Reed will insist as he outlines measures to boost profits in a bid to reset relations with the sector. In a speech to the Oxford Farming Conference on Thursday, the Environment Secretary will also say farmers must be supported to restore nature and diversify their incomes to achieve long-term food security.

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A speech by Steve Reed will outline measures to boost sector profits in the wake of protests against the Government by farmers.

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Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Steve Reed, addresses the 2025 Oxford Farming Conference.

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How a society produces its own food is as much a social issue, as it is an economic issue. Here in the US, we are paying more for food. Simultaneously, it is safe to say our overall social health is deteriorating.

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LONDON, England – Secretary of state for environment, food and rural affairs Steve Reed on Thursday 9 January set out the government’s long-term vision to make farming more profitable and put more money back in the pockets of British farmers. First steps towards government to use its own purchasing power to buy British food. Government to consider new reforms to speed up the planning process on farms to boost food production. Speaking to farmers…

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The Environment Secretary set out reforms to boost profitability in the farming sector as the Government stands firm on agriculture property relief.  Environment Secretary Steve Reed has apologised to farmers over decisions the Government “had to take” to fix the public finances as it stands firm on contentious changes to inheritance tax. In a speech to the Oxford Farming Conference on Thursday, the Environment Secretary set out reforms to boost…

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Thank you for hosting me here today. A lot has changed since the first Oxford Farming Conference in 1936. In the early twentieth century, facing an explosion in population growth, Britain faced food shortages. But farmers collaborated with scientists and yields increased. During the Second World War, food from our farmers sustained the war effort.  In the following decades, armed with new technologies, farming became more productive than ever be…

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