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Ex-NFU president Baroness Minette Batters to head up new Gov farm department

Politics

Ex-NFU president Baroness Minette Batters to head up new Gov farm department

Defra says role will boost farming's profitability and the rural economy as Labour pushes its New Deal for Farmers

clock 07 April 2025 • 2 min read
IHT reform 'front loaded' on the 'very elderly, the widowed, the terminally ill and the deeply unlucky'

Farm Business

IHT reform 'front loaded' on the 'very elderly, the widowed, the terminally ill and the deeply unlucky'

Speaking on Farmers Guardian webinar, fifth-generation mixed farmer Clare Wise Chapman said: "I cannot plan my way out of this and it is not for want of trying"

clock 03 April 2025 • 13 min read
Watch our FREE webinar: Unpacking the Chancellor's Spring Statement and Inheritance Tax planning

Politics

Watch our FREE webinar: Unpacking the Chancellor's Spring Statement and Inheritance Tax planning

clock 02 April 2025 • 3 min read
From the editor: "Chancellor Rachel Reeves' 'real change' is something our sector could well do without"

Politics

From the editor: "Chancellor Rachel Reeves' 'real change' is something our sector could well do without"

This week from Farmers Guardian editor Olivia Midgley

clock 27 March 2025 • 2 min read
Farming Matters: "The 'family farm tax' conjures up some image of a bucolic rural idyll which is being destroyed"

Politics

Farming Matters: "The 'family farm tax' conjures up some image of a bucolic rural idyll which is being destroyed"

This week's opinion from throughout the world of agriculture: Andy Welford, a dairy farmer from Scaling, near Saltburn, offers his views on the Inheritance Tax fallout

clock 24 March 2025 • 3 min read
NFU survey reveals farmer confidence hits all-time low

Farm Life

NFU survey reveals farmer confidence hits all-time low

Union says SFI bombshell will push figure even further

clock 12 March 2025 • 2 min read