It’s a widely held belief – among the general public at least – that agriculture is a traditional occupation where little changes from generation to generation.

Planned changes to inheritance tax relief could help landowners and tenant farmers – but the government still lacks a coherent vision for agriculture as a whole.

“It’s often been said that people with full stomachs fail to realise the importance of farmers. Only when people go hungry – or can’t get the food they want – do they start to take a keen interest in where it comes from.”