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Mr Reed said: "Food production will always be the primary purpose of the farming sector, but for all farm businesses, tenants, upland and others, to stay viable in an increasingly uncertain world and to make sure they can keep producing the food we all need, they must be able to profit from other activities"

Mr Reed said: "12,000 farms and producer businesses went bust under the last government. This is already happening. It is nothing to do with IHT. It is because the sector is not profitable

A NFU survey of 545 livestock farmers in the South East found if there were further closures to local abattoirs, 49% of respondents said they would either have to reduce their stocking levels, stop keeping livestock or cease trading

NFU president Tom Bradshaw said the Government fails to recognise that the farming industry is in a ‘cash flow crisis' right now, with the ‘lowest farmer and grower confidence ever recorded'

The Soil Association said if the Defra Secretary wants to achieve 'long-term food security, profitability and sustainability for our farming sector', then simply monitoring for British food in public institutions 'will not be enough'

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Michael Miller specialises in Agriculture, Farms and Estates Partner at law firm Spencer West LLP

With Labour continuing to keep its course on the changes to Inheritance Tax, Michael Miller at Spencer West looks at what politicians are missing

Harry Bowell is Director of Land and Nature at the National Trust

Christine Bish is member of management of the National 51AVÊÓƵWomen’s Club and chair of the RABI Volunteers Committee for Cambridgeshire