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🗣️ #FoodNeedsAFarmer rally: Rural Affairs Secretary Mairi Gougeon reiterates that '£46 million will be returned' to the Scottish agricultural #Budget. Full coverage 🔗 https://ow.ly/fXOg50UhAZG --- #SaveBritainsFamilyFarms

SCOTTISH FARMER RALLY 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Farmers have gathered at Scottish Parliament today for NFU Scotland’s #FoodNeedsAFarmer rally to call on the Scottish Government to guarantee the Budget will deliver increased and ringfenced funding for the sector. 💪 📸 Andrew Paterson, Janie Orr Full coverage 🔗 https://ow.ly/I9us50UhwGr - - - NFU SCOTLAND #SaveBritainsFamilyFarms #farmerrally #farmerprotest #Scotland

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Welsh Conservatives Shadow Minister for Rural Affairs James Evans announces his party's alternative farming support scheme to the Welsh Government's 'damaging Sustainable Farming Scheme.' 🔵 🗣️ "Our vision of a Welsh Farming and Countryside Scheme offers farmers financial support with a streamlined structure." READ MORE 🔗 https://ow.ly/swpJ50UfOVN

⚠️Bluetongue has continued to be detected in the UK with at least 20 counties returning a positive case. As of November 26, three cattle were confirmed positive in the restricted zone in East Sussex following a non-negative pre-movement test. 💉 READ MORE 🔗 https://ow.ly/QNfx50Ugm2L

Nonington Farms director Emma Loder-Symonds says it is possible to move to a regenerative arable farming system in the UK, which is either carbon neutral or carbon positive, but it requires a 'mindset change.' 🌱 READ MORE 🔗 https://ow.ly/qEVf50Ugmi8

Defra has confirmed 76 capital grant items will temporarily close to new applications due to 'unprecedented demand'. The department said agreements that have already been signed 'will be met', with 'further funding prioritised to help build a sustainable farming sector.' For those who have applied for a grant that is temporarily withdrawn, their application will be put on hold for now and will be contacted early next year. https://ow.ly/MbwK50UgQCh

Thousands of farmers stood peacefully on Richmond Terrace in London last week to protest the #FamilyFarmTax. 💪 🗣️ One of the organisers, Olly Harrison says farmers 'should give themselves a pat on the back' for their part in the Government's newfound 'willingness to engage'. READ MORE 🔗 https://ow.ly/IXhi50UgjfM --- SaveBritainsFamilyFarms

Tractors will gather at a Kent farm today before staging a rally around Dover to demand the Government 'axe the tax' following the changes to #InheritanceTax announced in the #Budget. 🚜 READ MORE 🔗 https://ow.ly/cL9O50Ugh7A --- #SaveBritainsFamilyFarms

Last week's #farmerprotests provided a clear signal to the Government that the industry would continue to fight the #FamilyFarmTax. 📣 FG is right behind you. 💪 #SaveBritainsFamilyFarms Support the campaign 🔗 https://ow.ly/J0j250Ug1V8