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"Politics has not worked for farmers in a very long time"

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This week from Íæż½ã½ã editor Olivia Midgley

As the G7 Agriculture Ministers’ meetings took place in Sicily, the presidents of G7 farmer organisations met to highlight the role farmers play in resilient, inclusive and sustainable food systems

NFU president Tom Bradshaw said the union's response covers ‘some of the benefits' which farm assurance schemes provides, but it also covers the ‘inescapable issues' that must be addressed

NFU says unfair to just blame growers when factors such as weather and climate change play a role

Mr Ireland also said clauses in tenancy agreements for ‘agricultural use only' must change as they do not fit with the ‘entrepreneurial' ambition of tenants

'The reality is that the public and other businesses do not know what we do. And to be honest, why should they?'

NFU president Tom Bradshaw warned the Farming Minister that in light of the £358 million pound underspend of the farming budget, Defra was a department ‘very close to failure' if it was not careful

"The joy, fun and satisfaction of farming is disappearing"