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Tenant Farmers Association chief executive George Dunn writes on the appointment of Alan Laidlaw as England's first Tenant Farming Commissioner

James farms Dairy Shorthorns east of Kendal, Cumbria, with his parents Kathleen and Henry, wife Michelle and sons Robert and Chris. The fifth generation to farm at Strickley, he is also vice-chair of the Nature Friendly Farming Network

Winchester MP Danny Chambers writes on food security, rising production costs, climate change, trade deals which work against farmers, and why agriculture underpins everyday life

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

South Antrim MP Robin Swann writes on rumours that the Treasury could modify Inheritance Tax by granting full relief up to £5 million where farmland or business assets make up at least 60% of an estate. However, he has urged caution that nothing is final until Chancellor Rachel Reeves announces finer details at the Autumn Budget in November

Stephen Dodsworth is auctioneers’ assistant at Darlington Farmers Auction Mart and organiser of North East Live

This week from Farmers Guardian editor Katie Jones

Was the Conservative Party Conference a success or a flop? Farmers Guardian reporter Chris Brayford reveals what it was like to attend conference this year

NFU combinable crops board chair, Jamie Burrows, gives his latest insight into policy, including an action looking to support homegrown protein production

Lincolnshire farmer Rosie Finney writes on mental health in agriculture, commemorating her friend Alec Newlove who died last year, and why talking can be one of the most effective tools to support well-being