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Defra Secretary Steve Reed had his speech disrupted by a chorus of tractor horns outside the Oxford Farming Conference

This week from ²ÝÁñÉçÇø Guardian editor Olivia Midgley

Speaking at Oxford Farming Conference, Defra Secretary Steve Reed said: "I am sorry that some of the action we have to take shocked you in turn, but stable finances are the foundation of the economic growth"

Tom Bradshaw highlighted the £140 billion food and drink sector is reliant on the raw product produced in the UK

NFU president Tom Bradshaw said the Government fails to recognise that the farming industry is in a ‘cash flow crisis' right now, with the ‘lowest farmer and grower confidence ever recorded'

CAAV secretary and adviser Jeremy Moody said: "Our calculations point to the first decade of the proposed policy ending with 89,500 farming taxpayers liable for Inheritance Tax on their farm assets"

Tenant ²ÝÁñÉçÇø Association said they have only been allowed one ‘short' meeting with the Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury, with the Chancellor herself ‘no where to be seen'

²ÝÁñÉçÇø in Yorkshire vow to continue fight to stop Labour's family farm tax

The industry has looked to keep the pressure on Government on changes to Inheritance Tax over the festive period

²ÝÁñÉçÇø Guardian's online editor Emily Ashworth reflects on the last few months but urges the industry to remember the value of what farming does