UK cereal farmers earn less than the minimum wage, according to the latest government figures.

Why environmental payments aren’t delivering for growers and livestock producers.

And Reform leader Nigel Farage is under fire after saying we shouldn’t worry about cheap imports of chlorinated chicken.

Farm business income figures for England are published by Defra based on information collected from farmers by the annual Farm Business Survey.

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