Farm Business

Chester South and Eddisbury MP Aphra Brandreth has asked if there could be a debate in the House of Commons in the memory of Cheshire farmer Paul Reeves who died earlier this year

TFA chief executive George Dunn said: "Short-term and restrictive tenancies are holding back progression, investment and sustainable land use. We can change this situation with reform of APR. However, serious damage will be caused if the Chancellor takes a knee-jerk, abolitionist approach"

Soaring costs, delays and increased risk all hampering progress, say producers

The letter called on Peter Kyle, Secretary of State for Science, Innovation, and Technology, to confirm £5 billion is still allocated to 'Project Gigabit'

This is a joint role between the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and Defra

"Fairness in the supply chain is essential to a thriving industry"

In a joint letter to the Chancellor, farming unions warned how changes to APR could have a significant impact on tenant farmers, family farms, domestic food security and environmental delivery

"It's a living hell. People just think the countryside is a theme park"

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

Deputy First Minister Huw Irranca-Davies said Ministers did not have a ‘statutory basis to intervene in the sale of land owned by councils