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In today's Farming in Five, chief reporter Rachael Brown reports on a letter sent by the Efra Committee chair, Alistair Carmichael to the Farming Minister calling on the Government to focus on five key areas to improve fairness and resilience in the food supply chain. Later today Mr Carmichael will be presenting his food supply chain fairness bill in Parliament. And the absence of rural crime in the Government's Crime and Policing Bill has been branded 'unacceptable' by a Liberal Democrat MP

Dr David Llewellyn has been appointed, after leading the independent commission that produced the farm assurance review report in January

This week's opinion from throughout the world of agriculture: James Young - vice-president of Agriculture at McCain Foods GB

Farming Minister Daniel Zeichner told farmers at the Norfolk Farming Conference ‘the Budget is as the Budget is' and it was not going to change

Richard Walker called on the Government to get behind farmers and high streets as the 'bedrock of the country'

Speaking exclusively to Íæż½ã½ã at LAMMA Show, NFU president Tom Bradshaw added that farmers did not have confidence to invest in the future

The Grocery Code Adjudicator, Mark White, said he wanted to hear from as many suppliers as possible about their ongoing experiences supplying to large retailers

Supermarkets have joined forces to speak up for farmers and growers against the Government's proposed changes to Inheritance Tax

Meadow, First Milk, Dunbia and Frontier Agriculture have joined several supermarkets in showing their support for farmers over IHT proposals

This week from Íæż½ã½ã's editor Olivia Midgley