also saw farmers take to the streets the protests come as mps debate a petition calling the national farmers' unionuction. a concern shared by food and farming analyst sean rickard. a food—production policy. about net—zero. to help the environment, and, three, to make that is business today for you are now let's kick things off with the superbowl where the philadelphia eagles defeated the kansas city after three touchdowns from their quarterback in new orleans. the super bowl may over if you are a playér . wcwwt zi playerotrttttt tt player orfan, eagles player orfan, the party has just they absolutely the kansas flit? most 7 bea be a close 7 be a close today. this would be as class tgday, and hertz, this would he s close today, and hertz, the mvp was eiziwiizh’e: , , the fié�*chief; start of the game, the chiefs well below par without �* quarterback. �*quarterback. remember �* quarterback. remember the star quarterback, remember the were trying to win three in row, no team super bqwls'ifl'e rowrrlo team, ever done that. the eagles a stop to 77 a stop to that. 77 put a stop to that. in the bigger star

the british environment secretary steve reed is a keynote speaker at the national farmers union conferencenths ago before the election. as uk farmers. for the absolutely disastrous and industry—destroying changes they have made since they came into power according to figures from defra. 50% of public procurement it is behind the average household in the uk. make that much difference. what are you hearing in terms of response to the protests we have seen in recent weeks, following the budget? will impact farmers? no, absolutely nothing. to be avoiding farmers at every possible opportunity. the budget proposals aim to raise around 500 million, amount in overseas farming aid, so it is clearly not about the money. nfu and cla, tenant farmers association, they have farms — genuine family farms — stopping those people trying to shelter from tax, which is something we'd welcome to see as an industry because it is not good for us, and that was going to raise i think an extra 200 they are not changing. a farmer and founder of the farming forum. the thick of negotiations with their indian counterpar

the national farmers union has warned that many were struggling to survive even before the tax changesosts coupled with low prices for their produce. i really think there isn't anything like the sort of focus we should have on food production. in fact, we lack in this country a food production policy. you hearfar more about sustainability. food, two, to help the environment, and secure for households. they're also concerned about the push for house that we can't build more houses and have more fields for crops at the same time? solar farms, house building, etc. on your land, the value of it can go up ioo—fold. no, ithink... i don't worry so much far more food per hectare of land on those opportunities. we see no progress — any meaningful progress — british agriculture is part of the agri—food industry. it can help us with our targets for growth. we are going to really focus on that. but... 0k. silence. says that six out of ten young people say they would with many of them citing the ability to earn money richard hamer is education director at bae systems — apprenticeships absolutely vi

your analysis, kathryn. l the uk government is hoping to placate farmers at their annual national farmers union in catering contracts to companies supplying public bodies with food. british farmers could benefit. the chancellor's move to hit many farms with inheritance tax for the first time? clive bailye is a staffordshire farmer, and founder are nothing new. first, this is nothing new. this was something that was in labour's manifesto over 12 months ago before the election. in the industry that encourages the use of the higher welfare, changes they have made since they came into power and after rachel reeves�* budget, it shows how far out of touch they are. 50% of public procurement is not ambitious. it is behind the average household in the uk. you are saying what he has announced isn't new and won't will impact farmers? industry—leading organisations not with rachel reeves or keir, or steve reed, who seem they put forward in that meeting proposals that actually which incidentally about two days later they awarded that amount in overseas farming aid, so it is clearly not about the money. nfu

he has served the last five years as the president of the national farmers union which represents 230,000 family farmers and ranchers across rule america -- rural america. he's a man of many talents. rob, we had a past acquaintance and now a new acquaintance, but i thank you so much for all you've done. i cherish all the great steps your family has done. get this, this is all within a rock's throw of the farm where we started. we started our farming operation in 1977. and grew it to a point where we were absolutely, i think, the largest grain farmers east of the mississippi river. we started with almost nothing and grew and grew. with all that being said, this man was a part of my life and i am privileged to say i was a part of his life as well. . he's thank you so much for being here. i promise you i will really pay attention. thank you so much. >> that's a good promise. >> something for all of us to remember. >> we will go a little out of sequence. the senator will introduce mr. hartman. there is so much going on right now. senator durbin. >> thank you for accommodating me. i just want

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. >> leaders from the national farmers' union and the american farm bureau federation testified on the state of thing agricultural economy before senate lawmakers. they addressed several topics including the importance of passing a farm bill, the impact of tariffs, improved supply chains and labor challenges. the hearing runs just over three hours. [inaudible conversations] >> i'm delighted now to call the hearing to order. and i would hike to thank our witnesses for being here today. thank you for leaving your farms and families to travel to washington to share your experiences with us. as a proud arkansas kansan, i'm delighted to have nathan reid and jennifer james here on today's second panel. this hearing is the first in our series of the committee that we will be holding on the current tate of america's rural economy from the perspective of our farmers. ran. ers and rural leaders. these hearings are intended to help inform our decisions to draft a new farm bill and to ensure we are putting forward policies that will help current and future generations of farm if families survive a

leadership, and that's what it's trying to do. >> farmers will be gathering this morning at the national farmers unionbe backing british and backing the farmers? >> i always back british. i did this in my constituency, and the government this week has announced that we will use government procurement to buy british food and buy british goods. that's an important contribution. and i've always worked when i was a member of parliament. i'm now in the lords. when i was an mp, i always worked closely with our farming community. it's important that we support them, that they are the breadbasket of britain. we have to support them. but but equally, we have to look at some of the measures that we've we've taken to deal with the deficit that the current government has inherited from the previous conservative government. >> david, thanks for your time. really appreciate all the things that you had to say , and thank that you had to say, and thank you very much. but we're right at time. we've got to say goodbye to you. thank you. >> okay. pleasure. eamonn. take care. >> cheers. thank you. >> cheers. thank you. >

. >> leaders from the national farmers union and the american farm bureau federation testified on the state of the agriculture economy before senate lawmakers. they addressed several topics, including the importance of passing a farm bill, the impact of

farmer's wife as it reinforces gender stereotypes. the nfu, which is the national federation for farm national farmers union, tells its scottish memberse going around saying saying that a farmer is not necessarily a man, that it's inappropriate for a board meeting to be a night out in a pub, you know, it's basically common sense views because there are probably many women who are farmers. >> i mean, were there many women calling for these changes? i think a night out in a pub is a perfectly proper thing for a bunch of farmers to do. >> i think a lot of farmers, they can be, i don't know, farmers i don't know, i don't think i've ever met a farmer, but i think that farmers don't know what's appropriate. i've taken a girl, you know what i mean? >> i've done. >> i've done. >> they know. they know better than anyone. they know reality. >> this is ridiculous. they're treating farmers as if they're, you know, students at goldsmiths or something. they're saying don't use phrases such as what the housewife wants and bring your wife. and the shopping is great because these are sexist phrases. >> yeah, yeah. they also said they can't say, what a

joining us now, national farmers union president rob larue. rob, good to have you. me a little bit about this executive order. what is what it is about it that is concerning american farmers? >> yeah. >> well, i'm really. >> glad that you raised. >> this topic because the general topic. >> is a lot of uncertainty in farm. >> country. >> and that. >> is the fact that we do have the threat. >> of tariffs that we. have right now. >> a federal. >> freeze on government. >> spending and programs that tie up a lot of programs that. farmers have have. joined and have already invested. >> in. >> and we're hoping for government investment back. >> on top of that, we. >> also have the move to close usaid. and that means more uncertainty for farmers because of the importance of. food aid to farmers markets out there. >> so really, the. >> general theme across the board right now is a great deal of uncertainty. and it comes at a time when farmers economically are really stressed. >> a $2.1 billion goes to u.s. farmers with u.s. aid as well. so that freeze affected the farmers. w

and just, you know, one thing we are leaning into is the national farmers' union signed a memorandum of understanding with usda toward the latter part of last year to look and value a wait at staffing opportunities, if you will, in the future, ways to make service better and improved. a the that doesn't necessarily mean additional staff, but making sure that the programs that we depend on can function. >> right. exactly. exactly. mr. duvall, if you'd like to comment briefly on this, and i'm hoping to get in another question. >> sure, i'll do it quickly. the last two secretaries had extensive conversations about the lack of help many our county offices -- in our county offices. and as far as your meat packing in inspectors, we have farmers that want to go directly to consumers, but they have to schedule their meat if processing two years out -- meat processing. you understand the cow's going to carry the calf for nine months. two years out to be able to get a kill date, harvest date, and that is not a good situation. so this is just going to compound the situation. >> yeah. thank you.

and we had the witnesses of the head of the national farm bureau and the head of the national farmers union there as witnesses. both of them had submitted pretty pointed letters that completely set out the alarms on this administration's plans to put in these tariffs. and i'm a fan of targeted tariff. i think you can do it. i've seen it with steel dumping from china. i've seen once we did that and fought back, that we were able to keep iron mines open in minnesota and i supported other tariffs as well. but that's not what this is. this is across-the-board tariff. the day after imposing these tariffs -- again more chaos just like we saw with the funding freeze -- the administration decided to delay them. only created more uncertainty for americans. but one thing is certain. these tariffs aren't going to lower the price of groceries like the president promised in his campaign. they're going to raise the price of groceries. they're going to -- not going to lower the price of gas. they're going to raise it. they are going to -- they aren't going to lower the price of housing. in fact the builde

i'd like to highlight one side by the farmers union national council of cooperatives informed other agriculture organization supporting without objection, so ordered in your written statement, you alluded to your testimony provided we talked about your focus. could you expand on that? the first 100 days, what can we expect? >> the first 100 days, if i am so fortunate to be confirmed, will be fast and furious effort to ensure we move that economic aid out. when i got the call and the president about this particular position, i was the owner of a lifetime to accept the call and the nomination but five minutes later i started thinking, what can i do to make it successful is most effectual? watch department the top priority animal disease and ensuring we begin to move toward presidential vision, i worked for him. i'm cabinet members also working alongside all of you in the conversations we all had the last four to six weeks from both sides, both republicans and democrats were very encouraging to me i believe there is an opportunity, moment of this agreement, i have no doubt, there will be many mome

so we want the government to take action, not next winter, but right now. >> the national farmers unioncalling for urgent action on what they call the family farm tax, warning that it puts elderly farmers at an impossible position. the president of the nfu, tom bradshaw, told the conference that the government had broken its promise by introducing inheritance tax on farming businesses. well, the environment secretary said in response that there is new support for farmers, including a five year extension to the seasonal workers scheme. but steve reed was briefly interrupted by a silent protest at the conference, as he told the room he would always show up for difficult conversations. and police will no longer need a warrant to search a property for a stolen phone under new crime fighting measures. officers will be able to act faster using phone tracking data to locate stolen goods with the approval of a senior officer instead of a court. the government's new crime and policing bill also includes tougher knife crime laws, bans on face coverings at protests and new powers to tackle anti—so

want to miss their incredible answers and more farmers fury, because the president of the national farmers union was left with boiling blood after labour party today rejected his plans to overhaul inheritance tax rules. i'll be joined by the leader of the breakaway movement, farmers for action, who says it's time for action, who says it's time for no compromise action. and is it time to exterminate doctor woke because has tv timelord doctor who regenerated into doctor who regenerated into doctor woke? well, after a fan backlash to write on scripts about racism, sexism and slavery. the latest doctor, ncuti gatwa , is poised to quit ncuti gatwa, is poised to quit and crew claiming to be laid off the show. is it time to exterminate doctor who? that's all coming up on today's show. well, the show always a pleasure to have your company. would you would you fight for keir starmer's britain? a britain which seems unable to control its own borders? a britain that's called brexiteers. racist and thick since 2016. a britain that calls us far right if we complain about a lack of border control or a changin

the president of the national farmers union, tom bradshaw, will accuse ministers later of breaking promisesth a morally wrong tax plan. in a major speech, however, the environment secretary says there is new support for farmers, including a five year extension to the seasonal workers scheme. steve reed will also promise protections in trade deals and legislation to help farmers grow drought and disease resistant crops. police will no longer need a warrant to search a property for a stolen phone . property for a stolen phone. under a new crime fighting measures, officers will be able to act faster using phone tracking data to locate stolen goods with approval from a senior officer instead of a court. the government's new crime and policing bill also includes tougher knife crime laws, bans on face coverings at protests and new powers to tackle anti—social behaviour. home secretary yvette cooper says it's about taking back our streets and restoring law and order. that bill is set to be introduced in parliament today. and sir keir starmer says tougher sanctions will force vladimir putin to make

and the national farmers union had a conference today. and i've got to tell you, they're not exactly happy with the environment secretary. all of that and a packed programme. but first, let's get the news with sophia wenzler. >> nigel. thank you. good evening. these are your headunes evening. these are your headlines at 7:00. sir keir starmer has blamed a dangerous new era for his decision to increase defence spending and cut foreign aid. earlier today, the prime minister announced a major plan to increase defence spending to 2.5% by 2027, calling it the biggest sustained increase since the cold war. but to fund it, the budget will be slashed from 0.5% to 0.3% of national income, sparking backlash from charities who warn of devastating consequences. addressing the nation today from downing street, sir keir starmer said the defence and national security of britain must come first. >> are ready to meet the challenges of our volatile world. the reason for this is straightforward. putin's aggression does not stop in ukraine. we will fund the

today heckled, as you can see on your screen by protesters as they took to the stage at the national farmers unionmr reed said sorry to british farmers, but he's dug in on labour's inheritance tax rate. on today's show, i'll be joined by a farmer who says it's time to up the ante. and that's all coming up in your next hour. so today, sir keir starmer appeared to wear the clothes of nigel farage. in fact, he directly replicated some reform uk policies. as i'll set out dunng uk policies. as i'll set out during the show. increase in defence 2.5% by year three, then 3% within six years. that's exactly the same as the reform policy to increase spending to 2.5% by 2027, and then 3%, and also pledging more or less halve foreign aid. that, again, is the same policy as reform. now, they say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but is this what right wing. is it far right? is it dangerous? well, suddenly keir starmer is wearing the clothes of nigel farage. will it be enough to convince you to vote for the labour party? let me know. gbnews.com/yoursay. now is your headunes gbnews.com/yoursay. no

to make money, they must so in the business inheritance tax to their end product, and the national farmers unionhas to be very careful about how it goes around that the very fact that so many investment companies have bought land from 1980 4th may mean that if they sell, the price of land will drop and the farmers ability to borrow will be greatly reduced. dougie beattie gb news, belfast. >> thank you douglas. theo usherwood, a political commentator, joins us in the in the studio now to talk about this. and it really never ceases to amaze me just how indifferent politicians are. and we're going to be debating it in the programme later this morning. we've got a guy coming in and really they couldn't care less. they do not see how the food chain works. and i would say to anybody, because i've been up close and personal with this, if you would be a farmer, good luck to you because there are very, very few people that would have a go at it. >> it's a tough job. you're up. you're up at 2 or 3:00 every morning. and of course walking, working through right until late into the evening and then a little