Farm Life

Financial Secretary to the Treasury, Lord Livermore, said while he understood the ‘strength of feeling', he did 'not necessarily accept' the survey's conclusions

British Farming Awards Agricultural Student of the Year 2024, Holly Bonner, proves alternative pathways into agriculture can lead to great success

Chief reporter Rachael Brown questions what is being done to protect the agricultural tenanted sector to ensure it thrives, for both tenants and landlords going forward

Knight Frank agent said while it was not surprising many estates had not communicated their IHT plans to tenants, communication was important– even if it is to explain that an estate is reviewing matters

In a blog for Farmers Guardian, shepherdess and top sheepdog triallist Emma Gray talks about how rewilding could put the country at risk of wildfires, and reflects on a better lambing than last year

Shepherdess Laura Simmons was found dead at a farm near Cheltenham in June 2023 after her quad bike overturned

The NFU said that with no legislative target for food production, it was the ‘poor relation' in negotiations and believed the Government was wrong to assume farm productivity levels would compensate for the loss of agricultural land

Seven years ago, a mixed Herefordshire farm diversified to save waste fruit and following a move to fully recyclable packing their success has reached new heights.

With tenant farmers feeling overlooked in the discussion about the impact of Inheritance Tax changes on their farms, chief reporter Rachael Brown takes a look at the concerns coming from the sector

Farmers vow to 'fight on' and stand together in face of Inheritance Tax and failing food policy