From the editor: "Should the Government continue to dig in its heels, the calls from businesses across the food and farming supply chain will only get louder"

This week from Farmers Guardian editor Olivia Midgley

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From the editor: "Should the Government continue to dig in its heels, the calls from businesses across the food and farming supply chain will only get louder"

The flames from thousands of 'beacons of light' which burnt bright on farms over the New Year may have gone out, but the heat is still on the Government to amend its damaging family farm tax proposals...

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