Opinion and blogs

Politics

Martin Lines - the Nature Friendly Farming Network's take on the Autumn Budget: "Some farmers will not have enough time to adjust to this new burden"

clock 12 November 2024 • 4 min read
Farm Business

Ben Taylor - Roythornes Solicitors on the Autumn Budget: "The £1 million threshold seems incredibly low"

clock 11 November 2024 • 7 min read
Politics

US economist considers Donald Trump's impact on agriculture following re-election

clock 09 November 2024 • 2 min read
Farm Life

Farming Matters: Baroness Kate Rock - 'I am already seeing evidence of wealth advisers telling large estates to take back rented land'

clock 09 November 2024 • 3 min read
Farm Life

In Your Field: Dan Hawes - 'We need cold weather to transition the plants'

clock 08 November 2024 • 2 min read
Lest We Forget

Opinion: "As Remembrance Day approaches on Sunday, there is no better time to focus on what happens when the country forgets about feeding itself"

clock 08 November 2024 • 2 min read
From the editor: "Lack of understanding not only threatens the viability of family businesses, but also the Government's own ambitions on health and the environment"

Politics

From the editor: "Lack of understanding not only threatens the viability of family businesses, but also the Government's own ambitions on health and the environment"

This week from Farmers Guardian editor Olivia Midgley

clock 07 November 2024 • 2 min read
In your field: Alan Carter - "Family farms are special... I realise I am only in this position because of the hard work of previous generations"

In your field

In your field: Alan Carter - "Family farms are special... I realise I am only in this position because of the hard work of previous generations"

Alan Carter farms in partnership with his parents, Paul and Christine, on a 162-hectare (400-acre), 400-cow dairy unit at Constantine, Cornwall, with 130 milking cows, supplying Saputo. Alan, also a Parish Councillor, and his wife Sarah, have two children, Ross and Dana

clock 06 November 2024 • 3 min read
Philip Kirkpatrick: "I think there will be a lot more land coming to the market"

Dairy

Philip Kirkpatrick: "I think there will be a lot more land coming to the market"

Farmers and rural businesses are rightly up in arms following the Budget, in which valuable Inheritance Tax reliefs for agricultural and business assets were decimated

clock 06 November 2024 • 5 min read