Farm Business

Northern Ireland's Farmer For Action defends agriculture in face of climate accusations

Tenant Farmers Association said they have only been allowed one ‘short' meeting with the Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury, with the Chancellor herself ‘no where to be seen'

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

Farmers in Yorkshire vow to continue fight to stop Labour's family farm tax

"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"

"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"

Streatham and Croydon North MP Steve Reed has gone above and beyond, which includes starting a petition to stop Croydon Council from selling 'community assets' like a tennis club in Croydon, after 'hiking' council tax by over 20%. But he has continued to back Chancellor Rachel Reeves' family farm tax; including a 20% tax on inherited agricultural property and assets on farm businesses

The country’s second largest farming union, Rural Coordination, was met by police roadblocks on the way to the capital

Jeremy Moody at the Central Association for Agricultural Valuers said more than 75,000 farmers could be impacted over the next 30 years as a result of changes proposed in the Autumn Budget

A New Year's message to farmers and crofters from Scotland's Shadow Rural Affairs Secretary Tim Eagle