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The Defra Secretary Steve Reed and the Farming Minister Daniel Zeichner have also been invited to attend the political session

Riverford campaigner and farmer Guy Singh-Waston said the issue of food labelling has 'masked' the harsh realities British family farms face in the supply chain

“I have heard first-hand the experiences of farmers battling this disease"

FSA charges are currently discounted according to the number of hours involved so that smaller abattoir businesses, which require fewer hours regulation, receive a greater discount

This marks The Crown Estate's first acquisition of a rural estate since 2014, and is part of its new rural strategy to create ‘long-term value for the industry'

Tenant Farmers Association chief executive George Dunn said it was a ‘huge frustration' that after years of ‘financial mismanagement' by Peterborough City Council it has decided to get rid of a ‘significant area' of its farms estate

Deputy First Minister says schemes will help build on-farm resilience for future generations

The Farming Minister Daniel Zeichner attended the Farm Tenancy Forum for the first time since being elected into Government

Graham Redman, partner at agribusiness consultants The Andersons Centre said the business aspect of farming was pressing on the farming community ‘even more so than ever before', and he urged farmers to look beyond the headline figures on Government environmental schemes, which he said could look appealing but came with ‘obligations' and ‘costs'

Consultant and founder of SRH Agribusiness, Simon Haley, said these funding opportunities could help with ‘resilience planning, strategic advice and business growth', but current availability of funds must be checked on the relevant council website