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Farming Today: 13/05/23 - Farming Today This Week: Food prices, Government digital services and agri-tech investing

13/05/23 - Farming Today This Week: Food prices, Government digital services and agri-tech investing

BBC Radio 4 - Farming Today, 13/05/23 - Farming Today This Week: Food prices, Government digital services and agri-tech investing

With food price inflation at its highest since the 1970s, are supermarkets playing fair?

Charlotte Smith brings you the week's biggest rural stories - from food price inflation to creaking government IT systems.

With food price inflation at its highest since the 1970’s, a committee of MPs has launched an investigation into how the supply chain is working. The Environment Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee will look at how risk and profitability is shared between farmers, processors and retailers, and how government monitoring and regulation impacts it. 

DEFRA's IT systems are outdated and inefficient - with two thirds of transactions every year still needing paper forms. That's according to a report published by the Public Accounts Committee of MPs, which says a multi-million pound "complete overhaul" is needed. We hear what it means for farmers on the ground.

And with The Small Robot Company fighting for survival after a major investor pulled out, we ask what it says about agri-tech investment in the UK.

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