30 January 2025
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2 min read
Stephen Witherden MP
The Labour MP for Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr, Steve Witherden, has given an impassioned plea to the Treasury to look at exemptions for elderly farmers who are ‘too late in life' to plan for the proposed...
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Groups around the country are demonstrating the value of family farms and rural livelihoods
24 November 2025
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2 min read
Over the last 10 years, 10 different figures have taken on the role of Defra Secretary. With the longest standing secretary lasting just over two-and-a-half years, and the shortest lasting 49 days, we take a look back at what they did – or did not do – for farming
23 November 2025
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7 min read
This week from Farmers Guardian deputy editor Alex Black
22 November 2025
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2 min read
