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Trump has announced at least a 10% tariff on all imports to the US, prompting reactions from UK farming groups.

The minister faced intense questioning from members of the Efra Committee on numerous government policy decisions that have heaped pressure on farmers in recent months.

Farmers from around the UK are set to take part in a movement that aims at demonstrating the fragility of the nation’s supply chains. 

The British farming community has criticised Nigel Farage’s recent suggestion that the UK should allow American low-quality, chlorine-washed chicken to be sold in the country as part of a free trade deal with Donald Trump.

Innovation and optimisation will be key to meeting food production demands, according to speakers at the recent South West AgriTech Showcase. 

Circulating rumours have prompted all four of the UK’s farming unions to urge the government to stand up for UK farmers.

Former Defra minister Sir Mark Spencer has invited farmers to join a meeting that aims at preparing them for the upcoming changes to agricultural property relief. 

Responding to Reeves’s Spring Statement, Mel Stride accused the chancellor of making the UK “poorer” and “weaker” with her recent policies.

Daniel Zeichner MP had mixed messages for the farming community as he addressed the Norfolk Farming Conference. Sarah Juggins reports.

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.