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Steve Reed says move offers huge potential to transform the plant breeding sector

Mr Reed was questioned how he will protect tenant farmers, who are threatened by eviction from their holdings, due to landlords being concerned about the Inheritance Tax bill they will face

Tom Bradshaw highlighted the £140 billion food and drink sector is reliant on the raw product produced in the UK

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'

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

Government says it wants to give farmers the recognition they deserve

Happy New Year to you all. The start of the year has kicked off conference season, with both the Oxford Farming Conference (OFC) and Oxford Real Farming Conference (ORFC) being held simultaneously

Professor Julia Aglionby said pitching farming for food as the destroyer of nature was 'disingenuous, lazy and damaging'

We need to encourage policy makers including Defra and the Department for Education to take farming seriously and to work together if we are going to tackle the labour problem in the sector.