Family Farm Tax

NFU encourages farming families to hand over pre-loved toys to Treasury to demonstrate how Inheritance Tax changes threaten their future

In today's Farming in Five, chief reporter Rachael Brown reports on farmer protest in Westminster over family family tax, followed by a debate in Westminster with MPs later today, a machinery auctioneer has seen a marked increase in the number of machinery valuations as farmers look to sell any surplus kit to help reduce the value of their estates, and UK beef production is expected to decrease by 5% in 2025, according to AHDB analysis

The dairy sector showed its support for the NFU's Stop the Family Farm Tax campaign, with businesses adding signatures to the campaign pledge at Dairy-Tech

NFU ramps up pressure on the Government to rethink its proposed changes to Inheritance Tax ahead of its Spring Statement in March

57 different businesses across the farming sector have joined forces to urge the Treasury to rethink changes to Inheritance Tax

The fast food chain said it was 'conscious' of how changes to Inheritance Tax changes could impact family farms

NFU Scotland held rallies and demonstrations across the country calling for Chancellor Rachel Reeves to consult with the sector on changes to Agricultural Property Relief

Richard Walker called on the Government to get behind farmers and high streets as the 'bedrock of the country'

In today's Farming in Five, chief reporter Rachael Brown reports on the tractor rally protests by Scottish farmers and crofters over the weekend, after being postponed by Storm Eowyn, the latest milk prices with Arla holding its price for conventional and organic for February, and thirteen dairy producers in the South West have been handed their 12 months' notice by Saputo Dairy UK

Speaking exclusively to Farmers Guardian at LAMMA Show, NFU president Tom Bradshaw added that farmers did not have confidence to invest in the future