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NFU president Tom Bradshaw said the union's response covers ‘some of the benefits' which farm assurance schemes provides, but it also covers the ‘inescapable issues' that must be addressed

NFU says unfair to just blame growers when factors such as weather and climate change play a role

Mr Ireland also said clauses in tenancy agreements for ‘agricultural use only' must change as they do not fit with the ‘entrepreneurial' ambition of tenants

'The reality is that the public and other businesses do not know what we do. And to be honest, why should they?'

NFU president Tom Bradshaw warned the Farming Minister that in light of the £358 million pound underspend of the farming budget, Defra was a department ‘very close to failure' if it was not careful

"The joy, fun and satisfaction of farming is disappearing"

Helen is a fifth-generation farmer who farms with her parents, David and Anne Shaw, husband, Craig, and their children, Alfred and Hattie, at Grey Leys Farm in the Vale of York. The farm comprises 162 hectares (400 acres) of grass, maize and wholecrop for the herd of 240 pedigree Jersey cows and more than 200 followers

NFU vice-president thanks Sir Ed Davey for being 'constant, eloquent voice for farming'

"We need connectivity where we live and work, not in our most fragile and remote wild places"

Growers across the country asked to share experience of 'challenging' year