Farm Business

Defra says the scheme is a 'new and improved' offer that will support a range of land types and farm businesses

This week from Farmers Guardian editor Katie Jones

UK farmers have highlighted the impact of increased US bioethanol imports with the closure of Vivergo Fuels in Hull and the loss of an important market

At the now infamous NFU Conference in 2023, Sir Keir Starmer said solar energy infrastructure should not come at the expense of tenant farmers and food production. But TFA chief executive George Dunn said a recent outcome for tenants in North Yorkshire would suggest otherwise

Study coincides with calls from farming groups for Defra to get to grips with farm support policies

South Devon MP Caroline Voaden writes on the Government's failure to sign a new veterinary agreement with the EU, how Brexit has made life more harder for agri-food businesses, and why rejoining the customs union would be beneficial for farmers

A search will begin for the new chief executive of BMPA

Graham Miles, agricultural chaplain for Suffolk, had helped to facilitate a meeting between farmers and Defra to discuss how Inheritance Tax had impacted the health and wellbeing of farmers

Port authority says Gov must act immediately to avert health crisis

Has proposed changes to Inheritance Tax placed farmers in a position where they simply do not have the capital nor the desire to invest on-farm due to economic uncertainty? What impact has this had on machinery dealerships like Rea Valley Tractors which recently entered administration?