"Richard (Longthorp) shows a determination, strength of character, and sheer bloody-mindedness that means he will not back down from a challenge and he will not stop until he has completed it"

Save British Farming's founder Liz Webster said letters will be hand-delivered to Downing Street on January 2 with farming families urged to get involved

"I have been farming as long as I can remember"

Edmund Sword, divisional director at rural insurance specialist Lycetts, explores the promise and perils of rural farm stays

The Chancellor said her Budget will deliver growth while fixing the foundations of the economy

"My Christmas wish is that the Chancellor would meet, listen and ultimately act on reversing her plans on Inheritance Tax to save our family farms and rural businesses"

Ms Coffey once blamed the Government's lack of preparedness for Storm Babet in the East of England due to rain coming from the 'wrong direction'

"He has undermined the case made by Treasury and Defra ministers, who claimed that the Inheritance Tax changes were about tackling the 'Jeremy Clarksons and James Dysons' of this world"

"The message he left to his family was he did this because he feared becoming a financial burden following changes to Inheritance Tax"

"Labour's tax will finish the majority of family farms if it is left unchanged"