According to Defra, around 13,000 farmers were impacted by severe wet weather, including Storms Henk and Babet, between October and March last year
Defra confirmed 76 grant items have been impacted. For farmers who have applied for a grant that is temporarily withdrawn, their application will be put on hold and will be contacted early next year
The Sturdy family are waiting to hear the outcome of an appeal hearing which could result in around half of their arable farm being taken out of production for a solar farm. The Sturdy family's landlord is the FitzWilliam Trust Corporation. Ms Sturdy has claimed that one of its six trustees, Lady Helena Rees-Mogg, is the wife of Sir Jacob
The NFU has expressed ‘extreme concern' to reports the scheme is now unlikely to open until mid-2025
In an online video to NFU members, Mr Bradshaw said the PM was 'very much in listening mode' and hoped he was going to act on what he had heard around the 'very real human impacts' of IHT changes
14 cases of BTV-3 have been detected in premises which are now outside the current restricted zone
If there was a situation where carbon emissions were being reduced from UK meat, but higher carbon products were continuing to be imported, businessman Henry Dimbleby said a carbon border tax would be ‘theoretically' right, but questioned how it could be done legislatively
Devon and Wales face record rainfall as 172 flood alerts remain in place across UK
The CAAV said an increase in applications and growing budget pressures has meant Rural Payments Agency has paused offers
The NFU said their campaign to overturn the family farm tax has attracted an increase of 50,000 signatures over just two days in the lead-up to and after the NFU's mass lobby of MPs in Westminster this week