Politics

The First Minister said farmers had 'nothing better to do' but protest and had blamed Brexit for changes to farm subsidies

Alongside calls for a Tenant Farming Commissioner, Ms Rock said legislative changes were needed to 'open up the ability for tenants to diversify their farm businesses'

The elections took place at the NFU Conference in Birmingham on February 21

Chief reporter Rachael Brown sat down with Defra Farming Minister Mark Spencer and Defra Secretary Steve Barclay at the NFU Conference

It follows years of campaigning from the UK farming unions

NFU president Minette Batters delivered her last speech as leader of the farming organisation at the NFU Conference in Birmingham

Rishi Sunak spoke at NFU conference 2024 today (February 20)

LIVE from the National Farmers Union (NFU) Conference 2024 - Get all the latest updates from the Farmers Guardian news team

Former Defra Secretary Michael Gove has announced new rules to give councils greater power to control short-term lets

Mrs Batters questions which party will set a target for food production with a statutory underpinning? She said there was currently an imbalance between environment and food production in government policy