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Jeremy Clarkson has shared his dissatisfaction with NFU’s plea for farmers not to go to London on 19th November, as he was planning to attend the farmers’ demonstration. 

Morrisons has committed to invest over £1.4 billion into British farming as well as announced a shopping discount for the supplying farmers.

As the chancellor’s recent Autumn Budget continues to rock the industry, we take a look at farmers’ reactions and opinions on the news.

Plans to build a solar farm as big as 144 football pitches on top-quality farmland in Lincolnshire have been rejected. 

“We can’t simply turn up in numbers in Westminster on the streets. If you’re not registered on the event, please don’t travel to London,” said NFU in the letter to its members explaining that only 1,800 farmers should take part in the mass lobby. 

A debate in the House of Commons has seen dozens of MPs from across the country share stories of “devastation” from farmers in their constituencies.

Chancellor Rachel Reeves will reclassify double-cab pickup trucks as company cars for tax purposes from April 2025.

A Cocker Spaniel called Daisy has been reunited with her owners eight years after she was stolen from home in Mole Valley, Surrey. 

The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has revealed that Northern Ireland’s total income from farming has fallen by 44% in 2023. 

Farmers have been reminded to be vigilant of gundog theft as we entered the Gundog Theft Awareness Week. 

“The only sensible course of action is for the Treasury to reverse this decision,” said the NFU president following the meeting with Defra secretary of state and Treasury officials to stress the significant impact changes to Inheritance Tax (IHT) would have on British food and farming. 

More than 125,000 people signed a petition to stop the government’s changes to inheritance tax relief on farm property that were announced during Autumn Budget last week.