The Environment Secretary was torn apart on LBC this morning by a furious farmer as he called out the top minister’s pre-election pledge to ‘listen to farmers’. Steve Reed took to the air but was ...

First generation farmer Robert Law officially became the new NFU Hertfordshire Chair at NFU Conference in London last week, taking on the role from outgoing chair Gordon Paice. Mr Law said the NFU ...

In normal times the NFU conference is a sea of strong opinions and tweed. But while there were still some strong opinions this year, it was a much more muted affair – for obvious reasons. Instead of ...

The NFU has launched a landmark two-day conference, NFU Develops, designed to equip the future of agricultural leaders with ...

Ministers are being encouraged to “reset” their relationship with Britain’s farmers, ahead of the National Farmers’ Union (NFU) conference on Tuesday. President Tom Bradshaw is set to give ...

Defra is investing £30 million towards increasing Higher Level Stewardship payment rates with immediate effect – a key ask ...

In her speech to delegates at the National Farmers’ Union (NFU) conference in Birmingham, Therese Coffey stressed the need for biosecurity but left the conference hall before discussing the ...

The NFU has confirmed plans to alternate its annual conference between Birmingham and London, Farmers Weekly can exclusively reveal. The conference will return to the ICC in Birmingham in 2024 ...

But farmers will “not give in”, an emotional NFU president Tom Bradshaw told the 700 delegates at the conference. He stressed the union would continue to “fight the family farm tax until ministers do ...

Speaking at the National Farmers’ Union (NFU) conference in Birmingham on Tuesday, Mr Spencer said the money will come from the farming innovation programme and the farming investment fund and ...

Publication of the progress report – on the first day of the NFU 2013 Conference – came a year after DEFRA used the same event in 2012 to say it would implement most of those recommendations.

During Mr Reed’s appearance at the annual National Farmers’ Union (NFU) conference, Mr Passmore said: “Many people have caught up in the middle of this inheritance tax change. “This ...