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But farming leaders urge caution and question size, scale and location of trial held in cull area.

Dan Hawes grew up on an arable farm in Suffolk and now produces strawberry and raspberry plants for the UK fruit market with Blaise Plants, sister company to Hugh Lowe Farms, Kent. The business grows outside, under tunnels and in glasshouses and produces more than four million plants a year. The arable side includes environmental schemes, with a mix of wheat, oilseed rape, beans and barley crops

During a reception at Downing Street, NFU president Tom Bradshaw had the opportunity to meet PM Sir Keir Starmer as well as Energy and Net Zero Secretary Ed Miliband

National Audit Office study says more needs to be done to support farmers in this 'high stakes' sector

MPs and NFU told farming is 'absolutely' at the heart of Government's plan to boost economic growth

Defra's latest figures revealed large decreases in crop outputs, poor yields and high global costs from the war in Ukraine had driven a 19% drop in farming profitability in England between 2022 and 2023

Almost 90% feel it is important that Britain has a productive farming industry, according to NFU study

A NFU survey found three quarters of farming members reported 'some level of unreliable mobile signal' on their farms

The independent review of the UK farm assurance is expected to publish its findings at the end of this year

Members say latest proposals have failed to meet demands on cost and efficiency