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Quote of the week
鈥淲e need to recognise that food security is a critical part of our national security and we need to underpin that with funding and policies that can really enable our members to deliver.鈥�
NFU President Tom Bradshaw
This week's highlights:
As the government unveiled its Comprehensive Spending Review, NFU President Tom Bradshaw shared his reaction with (10:24) and (2:43:45), calling for more detail on how Defra鈥檚 funding will be allocated. His reaction was also front and centre in the Daily Express鈥檚 front-page story calling for the reversal of the family farm tax.
皇家华人joined forces with the RSPB and BRC with a joint letter calling for the agricultural budget to be protected, and this was featured in The Telegraph and Sky News.
Meanwhile, NFU Deputy President David Exwood made headlines in an exclusive for , highlighting why a 拢5.6 million agricultural budget is so important for farmers to meet the government鈥檚 environmental targets.
And finally, Cambridgeshire farmer Tom Martin stressed the real-world importance of budget decisions for food production and environmental work on (4:04).
Tom debriefs on the Spending Review
Rachel Hallos talks water infrastructure
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Putting the spotlight on NFU members:
- turned the spotlight on innovation, visiting Herefordshire members Ally Hunter-Blair and S&A Davies. From autonomous robots to strawberry breeding research, the episode showcased how British horticulture is embracing the future.
- BBC Breakfast viewers heard from Michael Sly in Cambridgeshire as he championed Open Farm Sunday and the role of farms in community engagement.
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Lucy Wood
NFU Press Officer