On 25 January, towns in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, from Land鈥檚 End to Shetland and from the Giant鈥檚 Causeway to Dover, will see farmers gathering to thank the British public for their overwhelming support, and to underline to their parliamentarians that our campaign will not stop until the tax is finally subject to consultation and proper scrutiny.
With all UK farming unions聽participating, the day鈥檚 events will vary region to region but three simple messages will run through all of them:
- This tax is badly thought out and will crush family farming in Britain.
- The wonderful support of the public means everything to farmers.
- We are not going away. This will go on as long as it needs to go on.
NFU President Tom Bradshaw said: 鈥淔armers haven鈥檛 taken this destructive policy lying down and we won鈥檛 give up. There is too much at risk 鈥� our families, our future, our heritage and the undermining of the very sector that produces a safe, secure supply of British food.
鈥淭his date will give everyone that wants to an opportunity to support family farms from right across the UK, to show unity and strength, and for farmers and growers to speak as one in our call for government to stop the family farm tax.
鈥淲e are so grateful to the British public for their ongoing support on this issue. The 25th is not just a day for the farming community to show unity, but anyone who believes Britain鈥檚 family farms, and the high quality food they produce, deserve to be better valued and supported.鈥�
Details of the individual events in each region of England, and across the other home nations, will be released in January, with specific plans led by NFU farming leaders in those areas.