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Politics

Farming view from Europe: Sheep numbers drop as wolf attacks cause major concerns

Environment

Farming view from Europe: Sheep numbers drop as wolf attacks cause major concerns

As a new report suggests wolf reintroductions in the Scottish Highlands could help mitigate climate change, concerns over wolf attacks influence Swedish farmers' decisions to quit or not expand

clock 01 March 2025 • 2 min read
US farmers in fight to overturn 'death tax' to save family farms

Politics

US farmers in fight to overturn 'death tax' to save family farms

Over the pond, US farmers are fighting their own battle to save farming from death taxes. With UK farmers facing similar challenges, could UK and US farmers unite to save family farms?

clock 01 March 2025 • 10 min read
Wendy Chamberlain: "It feels like the odds are stacked against farmers at the moment"

Politics

Wendy Chamberlain: "It feels like the odds are stacked against farmers at the moment"

North East Fife MP Wendy Chamberlain writes about the family farm tax, changes to Universal Credit, mental health in farming, Defra Secretary Steve Reed, NFU Scotland, tenant farmers and the cost pressures facing the sector

clock 01 March 2025 • 4 min read
OPINION: "Farmers are not making anywhere near enough to begin paying IHT, even over 10 years"

Politics

OPINION: "Farmers are not making anywhere near enough to begin paying IHT, even over 10 years"

Online editor Emily Ashworth talks about the consumer perception of farming regarding the Inheritance Tax discussion

clock 28 February 2025 • 1 min read
From the editor: "In any other year, those announcements would have been met with applause. Instead, Mr Reed stood red-faced and on the wrong side of farmers' frustrations"

Politics

From the editor: "In any other year, those announcements would have been met with applause. Instead, Mr Reed stood red-faced and on the wrong side of farmers' frustrations"

This week from Farmers Guardian editor Olivia Midgley

clock 27 February 2025 • 3 min read
Sir Keir Starmer questioned on whether family farm tax was a 'mistake' or 'intentional'

Politics

Sir Keir Starmer questioned on whether family farm tax was a 'mistake' or 'intentional'

Did the Prime Minister intend to frustrate and anger the agricultural sector over changes to Agricultural Property Relief in the Budget or was it a mistake?

clock 27 February 2025 • 2 min read
Tenant Farmers Association criticises Prime Minister for broken promise over solar farm decision

Tenancy

Tenant Farmers Association criticises Prime Minister for broken promise over solar farm decision

The TFA has urgently called for answers following a decision earlier this week to allow a major solar development on the Sturdy family's tenanted farm in North Yorkshire

clock 27 February 2025 • 4 min read
All you need to know about the Pancake Day farmer rally

Farm Life

All you need to know about the Pancake Day farmer rally

Farmers urged to join Whitehall march to let Chancellor Rachel Reeves know 'we are not going away'

clock 27 February 2025 • 3 min read
Treasury has 'far too much control' in family farm tax row, says Efra chair

Politics

Treasury has 'far too much control' in family farm tax row, says Efra chair

Efra chair Alistair Carmichael said the Defra Secretary and the Farming Minister should be the ‘voice of farmers within Government but they are clearly not being listened to' over the family farm tax

clock 27 February 2025 • 2 min read
'The Government know they are wrong' on Inheritance Tax, says NFU president

Politics

'The Government know they are wrong' on Inheritance Tax, says NFU president

When asked what political barriers there were to the Treasury adopting the clawback solution put to Treasury officials last week, Mr Bradshaw said the Government was looking for an ‘economic moment', referencing the Autumn Budget later this year

clock 27 February 2025 • 4 min read
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