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Defra has also announced new housing measures in York, North Yorkshire and Shropshire

In today's Farming in Five, chief reporter Rachael Brown reports on the confirmed case of avian influenza found in a farm worker in the West Midlands, discusses the reaction from the growers and the wider farming industry to the ban on neonicotinoid Cruiser SB on sugar beet crops, and an update on the latest analysis done by AHDB, which found over 42,000 farmers in England and Scotland will be hit by the Chancellor's Inheritance Tax changes

The UK Health and Security Agency said the individual had close and prolonged contact with a large number of infected birds

Sugar beet sector calls for urgent talks after neonicotinoid withdrawn over bee-harming concerns

Alistair Carmichael has called on the Government to increase funding to the agency to avoid further risk to UK farmers

In a letter to the Prime Minister, Mr Carmichael said that ‘deep concern' is fuelling low confidence and morale levels in the agricultural and wider rural community and that he would like to meet with the PM urgently to discuss ‘potential mitigations'

Defra says emergency authorisation has been withdrawn as neonicotinoid ‘extremely toxic to pollinators such as bees’

Supermarkets have joined forces to speak up for farmers and growers against the Government's proposed changes to Inheritance Tax

Victoria Atkins said the Chancellor's proposed changes to Inheritance Tax for farms was aimed at breaking a 'careful tax policy' which protected family farms

The Prime Minister said the Government would not hesitate in taking action to stop the disease from entering the country for the first time in over 18 years