farmers

He also has his sights on faltering rural healthcare systems, along with unaffordable child care and water access issues facing farmers, he said.

They are currently used by sugar beet farmers to protect their crops from virus yellows, a disease spread by aphids.

Also worrisome for a state that produces 20% of the country’s milk is the steep drop-off in milk production farmers have reported among cows that recover from the flu.

"It's a hell of a big drop for farmers," says Liz.

Thousands of farmers descended upon Whitehall earlier this month over changes to inheritance tax for farmers announced in the Budget.