Family farming businesses are at risk as the Conservatives continue to botch our transition away from the EU agricultural system with some farmers at risk of losing up to half their entire income as the Government blunders its way towards the new Environmental Land Management scheme and seeks to negotiate new international trade deals.

We support this new scheme, but the Conservatives are failing to commit to maintaining our high animal welfare and environmental standards for imported foods with the result that foreign imports will be able to undercut responsible British farmers and put them out of business.

We believe that our farmers are the guardians of our landscape, that they are the stewards of our countryside and vital allies in tackling the climate and ecological crises. We are also committed to maintaining the beauty and biodiversity of our countryside and we want to ensure that public money goes towards issues like restoring our peat bogs, creating new natural flood protections, and managing land to encourage species recovery.

We would back British Farmers and:

* ensure food imports from trade deals meet the UK’s high animal welfare and environmental standards;

* maintain existing farm payments in full until the new Environmental Land Management scheme is fully rolled out; and

* enhance and protect the British countryside by supporting the farmers who manage the landscape.