Farmers protest at Kent supermarket calling for more support

Farmers have gathered in a supermarket car park in Thanet, calling on shops to better support farmers ahead of inheritance tax changes in April.

They will have to pay 20% tax when passing down properties and land valued at over £1million.

Greatest Hits Radio spoke to Matthew Cullen, who owns Staple farm in Canterbury, he says if it comes to it farmers can stop providing food for supermarkets:

"Farmers have had enough, they need to support us supermarkets, because we can stop food going into these supermarkets very quickly and very easily.

We don't want it to come to that, we want the supermarkets to work with us."

Many farmers fear that with the change in tax, they will no longer be able to hand down farms to future generations.

One of those is Claire Parke, who is hoping to inherit her father's farm, but has told us that now hangs in the balance:

"It's like someone snatching future plans away from you.

Actually, that thing that your parents and their parents have worked so hard for all their lives, and you were going to continue to work hard for for the rest of your life, well you can't have that anymore because we've put in place a rule that means you can't afford to."

Claire told us she grew up on the family farm, as did her dad.

She told us changes to tax may see produce imported, meaning UK farms will start to disappear, changing not only the landscape but also the trajectory of many people's lives.

In a statement, the Government says it's providing the largest budget for sustainable food production 'in our country's history.'

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