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NFU advises farmers to refer back to the current guidance of the scheme before completing the online checker, to ensure their proposal has the best possible chance of being approved

Jim McMahon stepped down from his role as Shadow Defra Secretary and was replaced by Steve Reed. We asked farmers what do they think of the Croydon North MP.

It is part of Red Tractor's commitment to ‘minimise audit duplication and burden' for farmers

Dog walkers and ramblers have flattened crops at Richard Payne's Somerset arable farm, which costs him between £1,500 and £2,500 each year

Farming Community Network said it hoped the delivery of wellbeing training to bodies such as the Animal and Plant Health Agency and Natural England would lead to more empathetic conversations with farmers

Plans for new electricity infrastructure could result in miles of pylons and overhead cables being installed across thousands of acres of land

VetPartners, who look after a number of the UK's dairy herds are concerned more dairy farmers will continue to leave the industry if the Government does not step up its support

Funding for investment in livestock housing has been welcomed by the sector but some farmers are concerned about the logistics of securing planning permission and barriers to new entrants

A tenant farmer on the Cornwall Council Estate, who wished to remain anonymous, felt they were being treated as a ‘commodity' rather than a valued farmer, adding that local authorities should be more empathetic towards their tenant

Agriculture's much-loved campaign kicked off in spectacular fashion at 5am, August 3 as thousands of farmers took to their digital channels to highlight their role as the nation's most trusted food producers and guardians of our beautiful countryside