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Responding to Defra putting on hold 76 capital grant items, NFU deputy president David Exwood said: "The messaging of this is confusing – farmers and growers are being asked to adopt measures to improve the environment but have been left in the lurch without access to the key grant schemes which will enable them to do this"

Arla will work alongside retail partners Morrisons and Aldi, and with Tesco on its new Future Dairy Partnership initiative, to highlight how feed additives can be introduced to normal feeding routines

According to Defra, around 13,000 farmers were impacted by severe wet weather, including Storms Henk and Babet, between October and March last year

Defra confirmed 76 grant items have been impacted. For farmers who have applied for a grant that is temporarily withdrawn, their application will be put on hold and will be contacted early next year

The Sturdy family are waiting to hear the outcome of an appeal hearing which could result in around half of their arable farm being taken out of production for a solar farm. The Sturdy family's landlord is the FitzWilliam Trust Corporation. Ms Sturdy has claimed that one of its six trustees, Lady Helena Rees-Mogg, is the wife of Sir Jacob

The NFU has expressed ‘extreme concern' to reports the scheme is now unlikely to open until mid-2025

In an online video to NFU members, Mr Bradshaw said the PM was 'very much in listening mode' and hoped he was going to act on what he had heard around the 'very real human impacts' of IHT changes

Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and Climate Change Huw-Irranca Davies spoke with our chief reporter Rachael Brown about updates to the Sustainable Farming Scheme (SFS), Hybu Cig Cymru facing allegations of 'toxic culture', IHT changes and impact on Welsh farmers, and the upcoming budget in Wales and what this means for SFS

Groundswell co-founder Paul Cherry said: "We are producing the wrong sort of foods, we should be eating more of the food we produce ourselves rather than feeding it to pigs, chickens and cattle"