The Guardian28 Jun 2026Macro
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A £400-per-animal drop in beef cattle prices at a 647-hectare Wiltshire farm is attributed to cheaper Australian meat entering under a post-Brexit trade deal, with supermarket prices reported unchanged. The National Farmers’ Union president calls the cumulative impact a “death by a thousand cuts,” while the farming minister cites a new EU red-tape agreement and a £11.8bn farming budget as the government’s response. A study is referenced finding UK farmed exports to the EU had fallen 47% in quantity and 35% in value, with the NFU separately reporting sector drops of 38% for poultry, 24% for beef, 14% for lamb, and 16% for dairy.