Politics

Welsh Conservative Shadow Rural Affairs Minister James Evans has written a blog for Farmers Guardian outlining his party's backing for the farming community, agriculture's vital role to Wales and Labour's Sustainable Farming Scheme

The Scottish Conservatives have released their General Election manifesto with priorities for how the party will support farming and agriculture

Ms Hacking will be standing as a Conservative candidate in Ashton-under-Lyne at the General Election

Mr Packham has gained support from the likes of Dame Judi Dench, Emma Thompson, Stephen Fry and Iwan Rheon ahead of the march to Parliament Square

This week from Farmers Guardian's editor Olivia Midgley

Sir Mark Spencer said Labour needs to understand how 'devastating' it could be if it imposed an inheritance tax on agricultural estates and property

Farmer turned SNP candidate for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross Dr Lucy Beattie said it would be a privilege to represent constituents in a place where she lives and works

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was keen to win over the votes of farmers in north Devon this week, with his pledge to back the badger cull and a promise to ringfence the extra £1 billion farming budget for food production

Head of policy at FUW, Mr Parry has provided an insight on the agricultural budget and the ramifications of agricultural policies within manifestos which could impact Welsh farmers

James and Isobel, with their two young children, recently bought their first farm, and plan to run beef and sheep over 13.8 hectares (34 acres), renting a further 44.5ha (110 acres). James works for tech firm Breedr as a product manager. You can follow them on Twitter @jpbwfarm.