Members of the agricultural community will be making their presence felt at the House of Keys today (Tuesday).

They're concerned about what they see as a 'downgrading' of agricultural interests in the proposed shake up of government departments.

This would mean the current Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry would disappear and become a division of the Department of Community, Culture and Leisure.

President of the Manx National Farmers Union, Howard Quayle, says they want to hear the debate on some of the questions being asked on the issue but adds the vast majority of his members are against the move.