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Farmer Tom asked ChatGPT to summarise farmers’ posts on the Farming Forum over the past six months, during which the sector has faced unprecedented challenges.

Campaigners Farmers To Action have called on farmers, veterans, small business owners and the public to join them on the action day against the Labour government.

A farming roundtable organised by the NFU has met with food security and rural affairs minister Daniel Zeichner to explain the crushing impact of Defra’s decision to close the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) and raise the urgent need for transparency from Defra.

Rural businesses in England are waiting years, sometimes even decades, to get planning permission to enable investment and build homes, said CLA.

“I could wake up one morning in the very near future to be told by West Oxfordshire District Council that they now own my farm,” wrote Jeremy Clarkson in response to the latest news that the Planning and Infrastructure Bill was introduced to Parliament. 

Farmers in the North East could be hit the hardest by the inheritance tax, according to a law firm, Weightmans. The liabilities could surpass £1.85 million, taking an estimated 17 years of earnings to pay off.

In light of a surprising SFI announcement earlier this week, a job offer posted by Defra has become a very controversial topic among the farming community.

The Nature Friendly Farming Network (NFFN) is calling on the government to introduce an interim scheme to assist farmers who are not currently enrolled in the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI).

Defra’s transparency and its ability to deliver the agricultural transition have been questioned following the announcement that the department has stopped accepting new SFI applications.

Farming bosses fear that farmers could be forced to sell their land below market rate as the Planning and Infrastructure Bill is set to be introduced to Parliament later today.

NFU Cymru members from across Wales had a chance to listen to a debate on the proposed changes to inheritance tax that took place in the Senedd. 

Thousands of farmers have been marching through the London streets today to protest against changes to the inheritance tax announced by the Labour government.