Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 119651

Agriculture: Cooperatives

Tabled: 10 March 2026
Answered: 23 March 2026

Question

Callum Anderson

LabourBuckingham and Bletchley

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help raise awareness of the co-operative business model among new entrants to agriculture.

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle
The Government strongly supports the benefits co-operatives can bring in buying inputs, coordinating production, and selling outputs, and recognises the important role they play in promoting sustainable farming. The Government is developing the new Farmer...

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