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NFU president Tom Bradshaw: "Our sector is under a lot of strain... and it's impacting cashflow and confidence"

NFU president Tom Bradshaw looks back on a week which welcomed the 10th Back British Farming Day and yet another Defra Secretary

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NFU president Tom Bradshaw looks back on 10 years of Back British Farming Day
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NFU president Tom Bradshaw looks back on 10 years of Back British Farming Day

It's fitting I'm writing a column titled ‘Farming Matters' as that's the exact message NFU members took to Westminster this week as we celebrated Back British Farming Day. This year was a special one,...

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