Farming has a large part to play in the rural communities of the futurity but must effectively link up with other components of the rural economy if it is to thrive.

Farming has a large part to play in the rural communities of the futurity but must effectively link up with other components of the rural economy if it is to thrive, a UK minister said this week.

In an interview with Agra Europe during a visit to Brussels, Alun Michael, UK minister for Rural Affairs and Local Environmental Quality, threw his weight behind the view that that agriculture in the EU is just single piece--albeit a big piece--in