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Three generations of a farming family have delivered a “heartfelt message” to chancellor Rachel Reeves, saying that the unjust family farm tax will deny children a future in the British farming industry. 

Two activists wearing carrot masks interrupted Tom Bradshaw’s opening speech at the NFU Conference urging the audience to go vegan for the planet.

Secretary of state for environment, food and rural affairs Steve Reed has made a number of pledges to British farmers during the NFU Conference 2025 to “improve profitability for farmers up and down the country”.

NFU president Tom Bradshaw has opened this year’s NFU Conference by saying that the Family Farm Tax is “morally wrong” and calling on the government to keep the promise Labour made to farmers amid general elections.

More than 200 tractors and other machinery gathered on the Royal Welsh Showground last week to outline the shocking effects of the government’s inheritance tax plans on the rural economy.

A roadshow aimed at airing the challenges farming families face when planning to hand over to the next generation is set to kick off next week.

Organisers of the November rally have announced that another farming protest will be held in London next month.

Farming campaigners have called on the government to urgently reset its relationship with the countryside, 20 years after the Hunting Act came into force under the then Labour Prime Minister Tony Blair.

NFU has said that the UK government will “reap what it sows” following today’s meeting with the Treasury and after offering an alternative solution to the family farm tax fight.

The farming industry leaders have met with the Treasury today to propose a ‘clawback’ mechanism as an alternative to the government’s current inheritance tax plans, however, they were faced with ‘no interest’ from the government.

The toughening of the shotgun ownership restrictions is predicted to have a huge impact on the farming sector, making the possession of a shotgun more restrictive, expensive and bureaucratic.

The farming community has responded to yesterday’s farmers’ protest in Buckinghamshire.