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With succession the elephant in the room on many farms, Íæż½ã½ã's chief reporter Rachael Brown speaks to siblings Anna and Sam Hallos about how they are planning for the future

NFU dairy board chair Paul Tompkins described Mr Brookes as a ‘larger-than-life’ character

Union president Tom Bradshaw says farmers' fury was made clear during emergency Budget talks with Defra

Many farmers want to see a ‘fundamental change' in Red Tractor and will be ‘suspicious' of the assurance body's attempt of ‘papering over the cracks' with enhanced communication efforts

The CLA is asking farmers and rural businesses to sign a letter which will be forwarded to MPs

The mass lobby of Parliament will take place in Westminster on November 19

Farming industry awaits as speculation mounts around changes to Agricultural Property Relief, Inheritance Tax and fuel duty

TFA chief executive George Dunn said: "Short-term and restrictive tenancies are holding back progression, investment and sustainable land use. We can change this situation with reform of APR. However, serious damage will be caused if the Chancellor takes a knee-jerk, abolitionist approach"

"Fairness in the supply chain is essential to a thriving industry"

National Sheep Association policy manager Emma Owen said it was important to have ‘some standardisation across the carcase classification process and reporting, bringing the sector in line with the licencing requirements of beef'