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OPINION: It may be difficult for farming to look ahead this New Year, but focus on what you can control

Blogs

OPINION: It may be difficult for farming to look ahead this New Year, but focus on what you can control

Farmers Guardian's online editor Emily Ashworth reflects on the last few months but urges the industry to remember the value of what farming does

clock 01 January 2025 • 2 min read
2024 Review of the Farming Year - weather, politics and standing together

Farm Life

2024 Review of the Farming Year - weather, politics and standing together

Weather woes and the fallout from the Budget dominated the past 12 months as farmers prepare to welcome 2025

clock 31 December 2024 • 9 min read
Farmers Guardian Podcast: Industry leaders share their hopes for the sector in 2025, and the challenges that lie ahead

Podcasts

Farmers Guardian Podcast: Industry leaders share their hopes for the sector in 2025, and the challenges that lie ahead

NFU president Tom Bradshaw said without a ‘resolution’ on Inheritance Tax, the issue is likely to continue to ‘hang over the industry’ in 2025, preventing British agriculture moving forward

clock 27 December 2024 • 1 min read
Opinion: "Farming Minister starting to show clear frustrations"

Blogs

Opinion: "Farming Minister starting to show clear frustrations"

Farmers Guardian's Chief Reporter Rachael Brown discusses the Farming Minister's latest appearance as a guest speaker on a webinar hosted by Tenant Farmers Association

clock 23 December 2024 • 2 min read
Too many farmers dependent on Government Schemes, says Farming Minister

Politics

Too many farmers dependent on Government Schemes, says Farming Minister

Speaking at a webinar hosted by the Tenant Farmers Association (TFA), Farming Minister Daniel Zeichner said a key theme from the debate around Agricultural Property Relief (APR) reform was the ‘low level of returns' among farm businesses

clock 20 December 2024 • 3 min read

Farming in Five

December 20: Farming in Five: NFU president reacts to Prime Minister's comments on Inheritance Tax

Description: In today's Farming in Five, Chief Reporter Rachael Brown reports on reaction to the Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer's comments that the purpose of the inheritance tax reform was to raise revenue in the Budget. Shortly after making these comments, his Farming Minister Daniel Zeichner said on a webinar hosted by the Tenant Farmers Association that far too many farmers are dependent on Government support schemes, and the new environmental schemes are about using public money for public goods, not about farming support – 'that comes alongside it.' Elsewhere, fairness in the supply chain will be the focus of a new inquiry by the Efra Committee. MPs will examine a range of key issues affecting the sector, including the levels of support for domestic food production, access to affordable and healthy food, labour shortages in the supply chain, and food prices.

clock 20 December 2024 • 1 min read
The Farmers Guardian podcast: SAVE BRITAIN'S FAMILY FARMS - Value our industry and urge the Government to change its mind on IHT

Podcasts

The Farmers Guardian podcast: SAVE BRITAIN'S FAMILY FARMS - Value our industry and urge the Government to change its mind on IHT

This week online editor Emily Ashworth looks at Farmers Guardian's Save Britain's Family Farms campaign and the value that needs to be put back on the industry

clock 20 December 2024 • 1 min read
From the editor: "Rachel Reeves and her advisers would do well to go out and talk to the people who are experts in their field"

Politics

From the editor: "Rachel Reeves and her advisers would do well to go out and talk to the people who are experts in their field"

This week from Farmers Guardian editor Olivia Midgley

clock 20 December 2024 • 2 min read
Family farm tax a 'revenue raising' exercise which targets neither family farms nor wealthy landowners, Sir Keir claims

Farm Business

Family farm tax a 'revenue raising' exercise which targets neither family farms nor wealthy landowners, Sir Keir claims

"He has undermined the case made by Treasury and Defra ministers, who claimed that the Inheritance Tax changes were about tackling the 'Jeremy Clarksons and James Dysons' of this world"

clock 19 December 2024 • 5 min read
Farmers under pressure to diversify and find alternative income streams

Diversification

Farmers under pressure to diversify and find alternative income streams

A survey by law firm Shakespeare Martineau found out of 250 agricultural and small businesses, almost a quarter (22%) have identified the need to diversify their operations for business survival

clock 19 December 2024 • 2 min read