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Labour Government will only be happy when 'countryside does not exist' says demonstration organiser

This week's opinion from throughout the world of agriculture: East Yorkshire pig farmer Anna Longthorp

Defra Secretary Steve Reed said ‘the vast majority of farmers would not be affected at all by the changes', and urged farmers ‘not to believe every alarming claim or headline'

In a debate led by Conservative MP for Chester South and Eddisbury, Aphra Brandreth, she said the cause of stress for farmers, particularly more recently, has been Government policy

Director at Rostons Tony Rimmer says 'now is the time for unity' in our industry

Fears for uplands and common land farmers following reduction in direct payments

"It (farming) is an industry we can do without. We do not need small (family) farmers"

The Ulster Farmers' Union (UFU) held a crisis meeting with Northern Ireland's leading food businesses and organisations to address the threat facing farming from government policies

Jeremy Moody, secretary and advisor to Central Association of Agricultural Valuers said the Government's claim that only quarter of farms will be impacted by Inheritance Tax changes ‘misses half of the picture and so understates the effects of the change'

The event is separate to the NFU's lobby being held on the same day, but organisers stressed the events were 'complimentary' and not in competition with one another