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Jeremy Clarkson has once again hit the headlines, after his Diddly Squat Farm became embroiled in council battle over plans to extend the car park on the presenter’s Cotswold-based property.

This week’s budget has garnered a mixed response from the farming sector, with some raising concerns that energy support for business and rural levelling up have been side lined in favour of more general economic gains, while others have welcomed clarity on property relief, pensions and machinery expenditure.

A new campaign to ‘Spare our land for food and nature’ has been launched by countryside charity CPRE.

Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt today delivered a budget devoid of any reference to farming, food or the rural economy, opting instead to focus on urban centres, childcare support and duty cuts.

The UK would struggle to cope with a second animal health emergency amid the ongoing avian flu outbreak, a leading industry expert has warned.

Three meat sector bodies have called on The Lancet to address industry concerns over a controversial report which linked red meat to increased mortality.

A new rural road safety campaign has been launched after it was revealed that 60 per cent of all serious and fatal collisions involving young male car drivers happened on countryside routes.

Much more needs to be done if the new soil SFI is to be of any worth, as there has been no new data available on the state of UK soils since 2007.

DEFRA, Arla and Danone are just a few of the industry names that are backing Food Waste Action Week, which runs until March 12.