"By sidelining our farmers, we risk jeopardising both our food supply and the rural economy"
"Politics has not worked for farmers in a very long time"
Tenant Farmers Association said it had been given reassurances from a senior Defra official last week that a decision was imminent
APHA said the total number of bluetongue cases in England and Wales has reached 115 (as of October 2)
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'
This marks The Crown Estate's first acquisition of a rural estate since 2014, and is part of its new rural strategy to create ‘long-term value for the industry'
Tenant Farmers Association chief executive George Dunn said it was a ‘huge frustration' that after years of ‘financial mismanagement' by Peterborough City Council it has decided to get rid of a ‘significant area' of its farms estate
"The report clearly shows that crofting not only delivers economically, but also for the environment, land management, community, health and for culture"
"It has been a living hell for our family"