Defra secretary Steve Reed has been accused of failing to properly engage with farmers at the Royal Cornwall Show, and of skipping the Devon County Show entirely, amid rising anger over the ...

This week Defra secretary Steve Reed ducked out of a scheduled appearance at the Royal Cornwall Show. Here’s what I wish he’d said to farmers at the showground if he’d had a sudden attack of ...

A Kent farmer has confronted Defra secretary Steve Reed on live radio, accusing his government of abandoning family farms by rejecting a tax plan designed to protect farmers and raise more revenue.