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UFU president says: 'Now is the time to stand up, unite and challenge this appalling decision by a Government that is out of touch with farming families'

The reforms to Agricultural Property Relief will be used to 'invest in our schools and health services that farmers and families in rural communities rely on'

Mr Bradshaw is expected to say: "I do not think I have ever seen the industry this angry, this disillusioned and this upset. And given what we have had to be angry about in recent years that is saying something"

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"