president vladimir putin, has accused nato of having imperial ambitions. and said its members had no interest in the well being of ukrainians. farmers across the uk are cutting back on food production, as they struggle with soaring costs, according to a study by the national farmers union. it found that a third of farmers say they re cutting back on crops, such as wheat, for food, because fertiliser has trebled in price. instead they are planning to grow wheat for animal feed because it needs less fertiliser. our business editor simonjack reports. if ukraine is the breadbasket of the world, lincolnshire is the breadbasket of britain. it produces one eighth of the uk s food, but there is a chill wind blowing through the farming industry. rising costs, labour shortages and pressure from supermarkets is causing a crisis of confidence. we ve got this massive shortage from ukraine and russia. andrew ward says a quadrupling of fertiliser prices mean his crop could be down this yea
at least 18 were killed and more than 30 are still missing. britain s farmers cutting back on the amount of food they produce as costs soar. u nfortu nately we a re costs soar. unfortunately we are not put enough money at this moment in time to cover or cost of production and every single pig we re selling we are losing in the region of around if not more. emma rather emma raducanu is outgunned by garcia. and coming up on the bbc news channel. rain hampers play on the third day in taunton but england s women are still in control against south africa in their one off, four day test. good evening and welcome to the bbc s news at six. the duke and duchess of cambridge have paid tribute to dame deborah james they described her as an inspirational and unfalteringly brave woman, whose legacy will live on. charities have also praised dame deborah s work as a cancer campaigner, blogger, and broadcaster. she was diagnosed with bowel cancer in 2016. last month she launched the bow
are also off the shelves. in new york, the singer r kelly is given a 30 year sentence for sexually abusing women and children. and on day three of the championship, britain s andy murray and emma raducanu are both out of wimbledon. and coming up on the bbc news channel: late wickets help england s women s cause in their one off test with south africa, but they have just one day left to salvage a result. welcome to bbc news at ten. leaders of the nato defence alliance have declared russia to be a direct threat to their security, and said that ukraine can count on nato s support for as long as it takes. today s words, at the leaders summit in madrid, mark a significant beefing up of nato s approach. a quick reminder about the importance of nato here. the north atlantic treaty organization is a military alliance between 30 member states founded in 1949, whose members agree to defend each other against attacks by third parties. nato is now on track to comprise 32 countries, as
from ukraine and russia. andrew ward says a quadrupling of fertiliser prices mean his crop could be down this year. if the fertiliser is so expensive and it is not viable to apply the maximum amount, then the tonnes we get will be less, which means there will be less food. we are only about 65% self sufficient in the uk at the minute, and that is dropping all the time. and so we need to get more food produced in the uk and not less. and we need to rely less on imports. i have never known it so volatile, so stressful. i get up in the morning and sometimes i wonder why am i doing that? as this graph shows, farmers costs have risen even faster than food or general prices, which mean something has got to give prices must rise or some farmers will go bust. livestock farmers are under the same pressures, plus last year thousands of pigs were destroyed thanks to a post brexit shortage of butchers and abattoir workers. many are now cutting herd sizes. we sell about 3500 pigs a week. tom all