Steve Reed

NFU says action follows talks between union and Defra to try and achieve a fairer deal for arable farmers

The job advertisement had originally told applicants they could earn more than £170k to support farmers by working from home

Former NFU president Minette Batters has written an open letter to farmers on the Farm Profitability Review

The Procedure Committee said Defra has not met the threshold target of responding to MPs' written parliamentary questions since 2023

The Defra Secretary said changes to Inheritance Tax were fair on agricultural business when considering other sectors pay one lump sum

The Defra Secretary is due to face a procedure committee on Wednesday (June 4) regarding the department's performance in 2024 and 2025

Conservative MP Aphra Brandreth discusses how Chancellor Rachel Reeves' proposed cuts to the nature-friendly farming budget at the Spending Review could diminish farmers' confidence in Government and Defra

Defra announces rate increase to reward nature-friendly farming

This week from Farmers Guardian acting editor Katie Jones

Defra Secretary Steve Reed goes before Efra Committee, telling them an IHT rethink would mean NHS services will be cut and reveals a new redrawn SFI will be coming early next year. Animal health is on the agenda as a single case of BSE is recorded in Essex. Meanwhile there is good news as Gen Z say farmers are the champions of the British countryside and the latest weather forecast says rain is on the way.