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"

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Jeremy Moody, secretary and adviser at the CAAV, said: "It remains to be seen if the Government is prepared for what farming as a business might look like."
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Jeremy Moody, secretary and adviser at the CAAV, said: "It remains to be seen if the Government is prepared for what farming as a business might look like."

The New Year started as sodden and stormy as the months before while farmers continued their protests against the Budget's Inheritance Tax changes with over 1,100 beacons on New Year's Eve. Chancellor...

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