Tim farron

James farms Dairy Shorthorns east of Kendal, Cumbria. The fifth generation to farm at Strickley, he is also vice-chair of the Nature Friendly Farming Network

Farming and communities must be supported says Cumbria MP Tim Farron

From a roundup of the political party conferences and what they offer farming to how putting British food on NHS menus can boost national health - these are five farming stories not to miss this week on FG

NFU vice-president thanks Sir Ed Davey for being 'constant, eloquent voice for farming'

Farming MPs had held a protest outside Parliament over cuts to Winter Fuel Payment

"It is absolutely vital that the Government think again over this policy which will push so many pensioners into desperate hardship"

Farmers have claimed the budget cut could see more than 500,000-acres of land taken away from nature for future generations.

Westmorland and Lonsdale MP says he is better placed to challenge rural policy from House of Commons

The code has been introduced at a time when tenants in the north of England are facing notices to quit by estates as a result of 'inheritance tax planning', as well as poor collaboration around the Landscape Recovery project

NSA's chief executive Phil Stocker said he was seeing a 'breakdown in traditional sheep farming and grazing practices', adding with holdings becoming unviable and tenants often not having the opportunity to benefit from the schemes that land is being entered to