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The NFU has welcomed the news that some red tape will be cut when it comes to trading with the EU, but added that the benefits will be limited.

Farming groups have responded with mixed views on the new report by CenTax, which analyses the potential impacts of the government’s planned IHT reforms.

Defra is being urged to ensure the SFI supports farmers in the face of a changing climate, as it develops the next round.

A proposed trade barrier which would have required halal certification on all British dairy imports to Egypt has been lifted.

The British farming community has responded to yesterday’s comment made by US president Donald Trump that farmers should not be paying the family tax. 

The NFU has responded to DEFRA’s farm profitability review, led by Baroness Batters, by highlighting the key changes needed to boost the UK’s food security and meet environmental targets.

Farming representatives have called on the UK government to look at the alternatives to the family farm tax, following the publication of the draft legislation for the Finance Bill.

NFU Cymru president Aled Jones has written to the prime minister urging for changes to the inheritance tax proposals, as they are causing “distress and torment” to the nation’s farmers.

Farming leaders have responded to the new food strategy, which DEFRA describes as a ‘fresh approach’ to building a modern food system that addresses critical challenges and helps people save money.

The Welsh farming community has expressed its disappointment following a comment made by the first minister in the Senedd, that farming contributes “less than 1%” to Welsh GDP. 

UK farming industry leaders said that further agricultural concessions would cripple an already hard-pressed farming and growing sector, which they argued had ‘done its bit’ on trade with the USA.

During his speech at Groundswell, environment secretary Steve Reed told farmers that restoring nature is “central to the government’s approach”, however, the NFU said updates to SFI still “lack clarity”.