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February 13: Prime Minister Keir Starmer says farming is 'top of his agenda' and refuses to apologise for the Farming Minister's comments that agriculture was low in the Government's 'pecking order'

In today's Farming in Five, chief reporter Rachael Brown reports on the Prime Minister's comment that farming is 'top of his agenda', despite refusing to apologise for his Minister's comments earlier this week that agriculture was not high in the Government's 'pecking order', Devon County Council's Farms Estate is owed more than £400,000 in overdue rent from tenants, and farming shows scooped up awards at this year's TV Choice Awards, including a win for Springtime on the Farm which won best factual show

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Prime Minister claims farming is 'top of his agenda'

Council 'owed' more than £400,000 in rent arrears from tenants at Devon County Council Farms Estate

Farming low on Government's 'pecking order', says Minister

Biosecurity risk as authorities search for illegally released wild boar in Cairngorms

Mental health in focus in Mind Your Head week

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