Peta demonstrators have stormed the National Farmers' Union Conference to call the government to support vegetable agriculture.
Two eco-activists, who wore carrot masks, poured at the conference, while NFU president Tom Bradshaw gave a speech for members of the controversial sector.
The pair jumped on stage with a banner who said: 'Carrot for the planet! Go vegan. '
One of the two female activists was met with moans while she shouted: 'Wortel for the planet. Agricultural animals are not sustainable, we have to switch to vegetable -based. '
A member of the crowd was welcomed when he jumped on stage and tore the banner out of their hands.
It is because farmers are already faltering of Labor's inheritance attack, whereby the NFU claims that many will be forced to sell companies that have been in their families for generations.
Farmers have blocked Whitehall with their tractors in protest against the changes, including the imposition of an inheritance tax of 20 percent on farms, as a result of which an earlier exemption is reversed.
Tractors were drawn up outside the conference in the Queen Elizabeth II Center in Westminster, Centraal -Londen, today as anger at the budget of Chancellor Rachel Reeves continues to assemble.
Sharing the images of the protest on X, PETA said: 'Animal agriculture stores resources, pollutes the planet and kills more than 1 billion animals in the UK every year.
Peta-demonstrators have stormed the National Farmers' Union Conference to call the government to support vegetable agriculture
A member of the crowd was welcomed when he jumped on stage and tore the banner out of their hands
Farmers show toy tractors outside the Queen Elizabeth II Center in Westminster in protest against inheritance tax during the National Farmers' Union (NFU) Conference
“Nevertheless, the government continues to support this cruel, destructive system instead of investing in sustainable, living plant nursery.”
On a tense day in Westminster, environmental secretary Steve was confused when he unveiled new plans to farmers.
He was briefly interrupted by a quiet protest at the front of the room, with farmers who keep banners up in response to his comments about the tax changes of the inheritance.
He said the conference: 'Even if the conversation becomes difficult, I will always show up to have it, because I respect this Union and respect British agriculture.
“Now I can't give the answer that I know that many of you want inheritance tax, but I want you to know that I understand the power of feeling in the room and in the sector,” he said.
“I'm sorry it is a decision we had to make,” he said.
He outlined plans for a 25-year-old agricultural folder and food strategy, which places food production in the core and makes farms more resilient for shocks such as serious floods, drought and animal diseases.
And it will ensure that agriculture is a sector that acknowledges that restoring nature is not in competition with sustainable food production, but is essential for it, “he said.
Farmersparktractors outside the Queen Elizabeth II Center in Westminster in protest against inheritance tax during the National Farmers' Union (NFU) Conference
While farmers outside the conference center in the center of London sounded their tractor horns, he announced measures, including the extension of the seasonal visa scheme for five years, support for precision breeding and new technology.
He also announced new requirements for government catering contracts to “favor high -quality, high welfare products that British producers are well placed to meet.”
And he said: 'The ours is an outward -facing trade nation, but I want to be clear that we will never lower our food standards in trade agreements.
“We will promote robust norms nationally and internationally and will always consider whether overseas products have an unfair advantage.”
Mr Reed said that 50,000 farm companies were now in environmental management schedules and that about half of the agricultural land in England was managed to improve nature while producing food.
He announced £ 30 million to increase the payment rates in stewardship at a higher level.
After his speech, the Lord was confused and repeatedly challenged in a question and answer session about farmers who thought that the best tax planning was to die before the tax changes of the inheritance in April 2026 came into force.
“I'm really sorry about the individual circumstances, but it's very difficult for the State Secretary to comment on individual circumstances,” he said.
He pointed out the financial 'black gap' that the government inherited and the need to stabilize the economy, not only for agriculture, but also for the entire economy.
'I explained to you why we had to make a decision that I know has been very, very difficult, but we will concentrate on farms to make it more profitable, because that seems to me to be the problem at the core of the crisis in the sector. '
There have been months of demonstrations of farmers in response to the tax attack by Chancellor Rachel Reeves, including tractor protests in Westminster
Dimined whether the development framework of land use in development will lead to 9% of the country that is extracted from agricultural production, De Heer Reed said: 'No one will force someone to get anything from agricultural production or do anything else with it.
'What it will do is that it will offer much better information to landowners, so that they can make the best decision for how they want to use that country.
'For example, you know, I have let people ask me questions about Solar Farms on Prime Agricultural Land earlier, it will help us to prevent that and to help us protect Prime Agricultural Land in food production.
“If you don't have a system to give guidance on the best piece of land, you have a hazard system, and that means that the results you get are not necessarily the results you want,” he said.
It comes as the largest business lobby group in Great Britain, The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) is set to warn work: “You can't grow without food.”
CBI Chief Executive Rain Newton-Smith has been set to tell the conference that the government's growth plan is right to focus 'glitter' sectors such as clean energy, advanced production and life sciences.
But ministers must not forget other 'fundamental' industries that underlie the economy such as chemicals, logistics and minerals, she argues.
“Every growth plan will tumble, every industrial strategy will fall with the first obstacle … If we don't go back our fundamental sectors first,” Mrs. Newton-Smith will say.
'Agriculture is an essential part of the daily economy – the real job makers and community builders who support our entire economy. You can't get any growth unless you start with the such sectors of sectors. “
And Mrs. Newton-Smith will say that the confidence that is needed to stimulate investments in agriculture was missing in the midst of the 'many challenges' with which it is confronted, including the budget changes that the NFU has said the 75 percent of the Farms could affect.
The intervention of Mrs. Newton-Smith will underline the idea that the agricultural sector is vital for the government's goal to breathe new life into the economy.
Labor's Growthenda is already struggling badly, with the economy that stagnates in power during the first six months.
And the government's decision to increase the national insurance contributions of employers, as well as the imposition of a series of new employee rights, has led to business trust crumbling.
