Dairy Farming: Climate Change
Commons · Question 128397 · Tabled 20 Apr 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 29 Apr 2026
Question
Asked by Helen Morgan
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of increasing heat risk to UK dairy farms on grazing land and silage production to feed livestock.
Answer
Answered by Dame Angela Eagle, 29 Apr 2026
The Defra-funded Food, Farming & Natural Environment Climate Service led out of the Met Office has developed evidence on adaptation options which improve resilience of the agri-food sector, including cost and ease of implementation. These adaptation o...