How are rising energy prices affecting your farm business?

Ask any farmer or grower what the greatest challenge they face is – as we did in our annual Sentiment Survey last winter – and rising energy costs will top most people’s list.

It was therefore with great disappointment the sector noted the refusal of chancellor Jeremy Hunt to include horticulture, pig and poultry farms in the new Energy and Trade Intensive Industries scheme, that will replace the Energy Bill Relief Scheme in April. It will leave them struggling to make a profit.

But all farms are affected by energy inflation, and we want to learn more about how individual farmers and sectors are responding to the challenge.

See also: £75 voucher up for grabs in our energy cost survey

Have you cut your production, or do you plan to in future? Have you modified the way you operate? Have you invested in energy-saving devices? Might you make more use of renewables?

Our latest online survey, which closes on Monday (20 March), is anonymous and takes just 10 minutes to complete, is seeking answers to these types of questions.

The results will be published in a forthcoming issue of Farmers Weekly, shining a light on the severe challenges the industry is facing and, hopefully, influencing the thinking of policymakers in this crucial area.

Take part in the survey and be in with a chance of winning a £75 Amazon voucher