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In today's Farming in Five, chief reporter Rachael Brown reports on the latest reaction to Government's land use announcement, which the TFA claims could see agricultural land drop by 10%; 13 dairy producers in the South West have been handed their 12 months' notice by Saputo Dairy UK, and the Welsh Labour MP who is standing up for farmers over family farm tax row. She also looks ahead to next week with NFU Scotland's annual conference, Dairy-Tech and YAMS machinery show all taking place

Steve Reed uses Oxford Farming Conference to unveil Labour's long-term vision for agriculture

MPs will hold the first evidence session of this inquiry next week, scrutinising the potential impacts of proposed changes to Agricultural Property Relief and Business Property Relief

Between 2014 and 2024, Dorset Council made £6,678,700 from the sale of whole farms, parcels of land and residential properties within its portfolio of council owned farms

Dorset Council said the publication of its 51AVÊÓƵand Rural Estate Strategy, yet to be finalised and approved, could suggest the future direction of its 'specific approach' and 'future management' of the estate

The Greater London Authority has given the green light to a housing development on agricultural land occupied by an tenant in the Barnet area of London

In an opposition debate in Parliament on Tuesday (October 8) Mr Reed said the idea of a commissioner had ‘merit' and there would be an announcement ‘shortly'

TFA chief executive George Dunn said he believes farmers should be encouraged to consider what investment they need in their businesses over a three-year period and then use those plans to apply for a level of annual grant to support those goals

From September 1 2024, applicants for succession must prove they are both 'eligible and suitable' to be the tenant of the agricultural holding subject to succession