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Police in Cheshire have released a video showing terrified sheep being chased into a stream by an out of control dog, in a bid to highlight the seriousness of sheep worrying.

Defra Secretary Therese Coffey made an ill-tempered appearance before MPs this week, telling one Efra Committee member to ‘grow up’ before dismissing his questions on food poverty as ‘pathetic’.

Campaign groups in Wales are urging farmers and landowners to make their feelings known after plans to install 60 miles of steel pylons were revealed by an energy group.

A council’s decision to ban all meat and dairy products from its meetings menu has been branded a ‘slap in the face’ for local farmers by food and rural groups.

The Government has announced that it will retain the cut-off date for registering historic rights of way, reflecting the original intention of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (CROW).

While food and farming in general may have been absent from Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s Budget speech last week, the news that the scope of inheritance tax agricultural property relief was to be considered could have a significant bearing on the future of many farm businesses.

The countryside is battling a ‘hidden homelessness and poverty’ emergency driven by soaring house prices, the cost-of-living crisis and a ‘gaping shortfall’ in Government funding, a new report has revealed.

MPS have voted to back the Stormont Brake section of the new Windsor Framework, which aims to ease trade between Northern Ireland and the UK.

The latest inflation figures may have been unexpected for economists and politicians but they came as ’no surprise’ to food producers.

The DUP will not back the proposed Windsor Framework when it goes before Parliament this week.