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NFU president Tom Bradshaw said while the NFU response to the UK farm assurance review covers ‘some of the benefits' that assurance schemes offer, it also explains the ‘inescapable issues' that must be addressed

The Defra Secretary Steve Reed and the Farming Minister Daniel Zeichner have also been invited to attend the political session

The session starts at 7pm on October 4

Met Office says 10 English counties experienced wettest September on record

Tenant Farmers Association said it had been given reassurances from a senior Defra official last week that a decision was imminent

On average, profits are predicted to rise to £590/cow. That is according to the annual Milk Cost of Production report by Old Mill and the 51AVÊÓƵConsultancy Group

FSA charges are currently discounted according to the number of hours involved so that smaller abattoir businesses, which require fewer hours regulation, receive a greater discount

NFU president Tom Bradshaw said the union's response covers ‘some of the benefits' which farm assurance schemes provides, but it also covers the ‘inescapable issues' that must be addressed

The chair of Labour's Climate and Environment Forum Baroness Young said she hoped the ‘multi-functional' land use framework would be operationally ‘sustainable'

Defra estimated an ASF outbreak could cost the UK between £10 million to £100 million