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The Agriculture Bill needs major reform if farming is to thrive in Brexit Britain, says Leicestershire arable and beef farmer Joe Stanley in an open letter to Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

There have been a lot of challenges for farmers over the past 10 years, but they have left us battle-hardened and ready to take on the world, not battle-weary and cowered, says NFU deputy president Guy Smith.

Number 10 has already removed environmental commitments from the EU Withdrawal Agreement, which does not bode well for the protection of food standards over the coming years, says Kerry McCarthy, Labour MP for Bristol East.

Britain’s farming industry enters the 2020s on a firm footing.