Nature

Former DEFRA Environment Minister Rebecca Pow highlights the value of family farms for Farmers Guardian's Save Britain's Family Farms campaign

"Family farms are at the heart of a thriving rural economy, and farming plays a crucial role in delivering on priorities like nature recovery, climate mitigation, and clean water"

In a letter to Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs, Land Reform and Islands Mairi Gougeon, NFUS president Martin Kennedy highlighted that NatureScot's established position in favour of a Galloway National Park calls into question its ability to conduct a public consultation in an ‘impartial manner'

The farming industry will be taking part in the annual Lord Mayor's Show this weekend to say thank you to the British public for their overwhelming support, particularly in recent weeks with ‘more than 150,000 people signing' the NFU campaign to overturn the ‘family farm tax'

Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and Climate Change Huw Irranca-Davies confirmed the carbon sequestration evidence panel would be reporting its findings to the ministerial roundtable 'anytime soon'

This is a joint role between the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and Defra

Dorset Council said the publication of its Farm and Rural Estate Strategy, yet to be finalised and approved, could suggest the future direction of its 'specific approach' and 'future management' of the estate

Tauros cattle have been bred from ancient domestic cattle breeds to be as similar as possible to the extinct aurochs

The growing speculation around a cut to the agriculture budget and a potential review of APR, NFU president Tom Bradshaw said was ‘incredibly concerning’