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Farming groups have blasted the Government’s decision to agree a free-trade deal with Australia, calling it a ’betrayal’. 

More than 2,000 farmers have responded to Defra’s call for applicants for the pilot of the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI), one of the Government’s three new schemes.

Farm chiefs are worried about a Government plan to grant tariff-free access to Australia which they say risks undermining British producers and Ministers’ own pledges to maintain high standards in new deals.

With more people engaging with the countryside than ever before, NFU president Minette Batters believes now is the time for British farmers to showcase what they can deliver for society. She tells Olivia Midgley why she is backing #FarmingCAN. 

Today marks the launch of Íæż½ã½ã’s #FarmingCAN campaign to showcase what farming delivers for the nation and how it can be a key block as the country rebuilds from the pandemic.

Police dealt with more than 1,100 incidents of sheep worrying in 2020, up from 800 in 2019, with some forces called out to multiple attacks each week.

A farmer was trampled to death when he climbed into a pen housing 17 uncastrated bulls, an inquest jury heard.

Countryside and farming stalwart the Duke of Edinburgh has been remembered.

Íæż½ã½ã have already started planting young saplings as part of the National Trust’s commitment to establishing 20 million new trees by 2030.

Phasing out of Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) payments, rule changes due to Brexit and the impact of the pandemic have delivered a blow to farm businesses confidence, with short- and mid-term confidence remaining negative for the third year in a row.