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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

Secretary of State Steve Reed said some landowners and farms will pay more inheritance tax as a result of the changes, but he said the Government wanted to 'support family farms'

"If I am around and I happen to see a tractor, I am not excluding the possibility that I would strongly sympathise with the driver of that tractor"

Kemi Badenoch challenges Prime Minister to justify Budget's impact on nation's farmers

Nearly half of Labour voters think farmers should be exempt from Inheritance Tax

This week from Farmers Guardian editor Olivia Midgley

Shadow Defra Secretary Steve Barclay claimed to have backed food production, while Labour and the Lib Dems criticised the Conservative record

This week's opinion from throughout the world of agriculture: Dairy farmer and equestrian centre owner in Cheshire - Phil Latham

The former Defra Secretary said that if her mini budget had 'been allowed to succeed', the UK could have been in a better position