Politics

The former Defra Secretary and now Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Emma Reynolds said employers were not working people and were companies instead

The Scottish Government has been called on to increase support for the industry, as the NFU Scotland conference debates resilience

Labour MP for South Norfolk Ben Goldsborough welcomed support in the Budget for rural households, but he said we must go 'further' to make British farming profitable

Tenant Farmers Association has urged RPA and Defra to better financially support common and upland farmers who are currently frozen out of new agreements or stuck in existing ones

Protest organiser says Labour squandered the opportunity to reset its relationship with the rural community

Defra joins Sir David Attenborough in supporting The Wildlife Trusts bid to buy the Rothbury Estate in Northumberland

This week from the Farmers Guardian editor Katie Jones

NFU president Tom Bradshaw said: "Today the phrase ‘food security is national security' feels nothing but a hollow promise"

An arable farmer from Doncaster said the lack of mention of farming in the budget showed where this government's priorities lie.

The Farming Minister, Stephen Morgan said: “All the decisions around how the SFI scheme would run this year were made before my appointment into the department"