We love farmers in Staffordshire, so I was delighted to invite a prize-winning young farmer to No10 to share her thoughts with some government ministers.
It was a pleasure to welcome Polly Baines and local farm owner, Roger Smith, for this event, which brought together representatives of the farming community from across the UK.
Mark Spencer MP, the Minister for Food, Farming and Fisheries, is a farmer himself, so he appreciates the challenges facing farmers and was delighted to have the opportunity to meet Polly and hear her concerns.
The government has recently announced a range of measures to boost productivity and resilience in the sector, including the largest ever grant offer for farmers in the coming financial year, expected to total £427 million.