In today’s Farming in Five, news and business reporter Jane Thynne brings us details of this week’s NFU Council which took place in Stoneleigh. NFU president Tom Bradshaw urged members not to fall into a political ‘doom loop’, instead urging them to consider the many positives relating to the industry.

However, thoughts of IHT are never far away as think tank the Rural Property Group said small farms which have been the ‘backbone’ of Britain for centuries, will be lost amid consolidation and liquidation following tax changes.

And finally, former Scottish rugby union international-turned farmer Kenny Logan has pledged to ‘keep going’ until a cure for motor neurone disease is found, as he prepares to lead a 555-mile fundraising cycle for former teammate Doddie Weir later this year. 

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