The convoy met at Field Barn Farm in Beenham at 10:00 GMT on Friday before spending more than two hours driving through Reading.

They travelled along the Bath Road into the town before making a U-turn at the Oracle Shopping Centre and going up and down the A33 near the SCL Stadium.

Traffic stretched back hundreds of metres as the agricultural vehicles slowed on the roundabouts around the A33 with police officers stepping in to direct traffic at the busy junction.

Kate Bowsher who took part in the protest, said farmers felt the change in inheritance taxation was the “final nail in the coffin”.

“We’re being taxed everywhere along the line and ultimately the income we’re getting from that land is very minimal in order to keep our farms running and also to produce food for the UK.”

“We have more and more taxes, we have more and more restrictions put on us as to what we’re allowed to do.

“The UK generally wants higher welfare standards. We’re producing some of the highest standards in the world. Every single step of the way it feels like that’s not good enough.”