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Chris Brayford

Articles by Chris Brayford

Geoff Sansome - Oxford Farming Conference chair: "UK farming now faces a complex array of changes"

Farm Business

Geoff Sansome - Oxford Farming Conference chair: "UK farming now faces a complex array of changes"

Oxford Farming Conference chair Geoff Sansome outlines what British farmers could learn from this year's event

clock 08 January 2025 • 4 min read
Pensioner wins 'landmark' case to halt Ed Miliband's solar 'revolution' on prime agricultural land

Farm Business

Pensioner wins 'landmark' case to halt Ed Miliband's solar 'revolution' on prime agricultural land

78-year-old retired scientist Chala Fiske has won a seven-year battle with Test Valley Borough Council to stop a solar farm from being built on farm land. She said the land would be better suited for agriculture than a solar development

clock 08 January 2025 • 4 min read
Clarkson's Farm hero Gerald Cooper raises over £25,000 for Prostate Cancer UK after declaring he is now cancer-free

Farm Life

Clarkson's Farm hero Gerald Cooper raises over £25,000 for Prostate Cancer UK after declaring he is now cancer-free

There was an outpouring of emotion when the 77-year-old revealed he was diagnosed with prostate cancer on the latest season of Clarkson's Farm. He has been fuelled by the public's support to raise over £25,000 for Prostate Cancer UK

clock 08 January 2025 • 3 min read
LAMMA 2025 to highlight virtual reality initiative on farm safety

Farm Safety

LAMMA 2025 to highlight virtual reality initiative on farm safety

The Farm Safety Foundation will show farmers what can happen if they choose to work without eye protection

clock 08 January 2025 • 3 min read
Emma Mosey - chair of the Farm Retail Association: "We [farmers] need to become storytellers, sharing the passion and dedication that goes into producing our food"

Farm Business

Emma Mosey - chair of the Farm Retail Association: "We [farmers] need to become storytellers, sharing the passion and dedication that goes into producing our food"

Ms Mosey recently spoke at the Transforming UK Food Systems Conference (TUKFSC) and writes for Farmers Guardian about the realities of modern farming, a health crisis from ultra-processed foods, the rural and urban divide, Inheritance Tax, production costs in farming and much more

clock 08 January 2025 • 3 min read
Countryside and farming champion Alan Titchmarsh recognised in New Year's Honours List for services to horticulture

Farm Business

Countryside and farming champion Alan Titchmarsh recognised in New Year's Honours List for services to horticulture

The Gardeners' World icon has been recognised for his services to horticulture

clock 07 January 2025 • 3 min read
John Swinney - Scotland's First Minister on the Scottish Budget: "If we are going to recover and renew as a nation, then we have to come together as a nation"

Politics

John Swinney - Scotland's First Minister on the Scottish Budget: "If we are going to recover and renew as a nation, then we have to come together as a nation"

The Scottish First Minister has outlined why the SNP's Budget should be passed next month by MSPs

clock 07 January 2025 • 15 min read
'Exhausted and distressed' sheep rescued from drowning at flooded farm in Cheshire

Weather

'Exhausted and distressed' sheep rescued from drowning at flooded farm in Cheshire

Despite managing to save a majority of the farmer's livestock, Cheshire Police Rural Crime Team said a small number had died during the incident

clock 07 January 2025 • 2 min read
Livestock farmers in Less Favoured Area could see profits 'cut in half' with new delinked payments

Farm Business

Livestock farmers in Less Favoured Area could see profits 'cut in half' with new delinked payments

"LFA livestock farms are set to be harder hit due to their historically higher proportion of income from BPS in comparison to other farm types, resulting in them now losing 45% of their bottom-line profit with the new subsidy reduction plans"

clock 07 January 2025 • 4 min read
Jeremy Moody - Central Association for Agricultural Valuers on the family farm tax: "Do farmers move to owning less land and having more on tenancy and other arrangements?"

Farm Business

Jeremy Moody - Central Association for Agricultural Valuers on the family farm tax: "Do farmers move to owning less land and having more on tenancy and other arrangements?"

"For English farming, Autumn 2024 saw, without warning, a precipitate acceleration of the phased agricultural transition, started for 2021, with the near removal of delinked payments for 2025 and the suspension of capital grants with an explanation only after the event"

clock 06 January 2025 • 4 min read
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