Keir Starmer

New post-Brexit SPS agreement signed to make it easier for food and drink to be imported and exported by reducing the red tape

Supermarkets, politicians and industry leaders have all had their say on the US/UK trade deal signed on May 8. But will the impact reach your farm gate?

Roger Nicholson farms with his family at the heavily diversified Cannon Hall Farm, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, which has sparked various Channel 5 series including 'Springtime on the Farm'. Roger, 81, farms with his sons Dave and Robert and says he has no plans to retire just yet

Waitrose has joined Aldi in pledging to maintain the high quality standards set by British farmers amid uncertainty from US exports heading to the UK

This week from Farmers Guardian acting editor Katie Jones

Aldi said amid concerns that post-Brexit trade negotiations could lead to a 'weakening' of British farmers' high welfare standards, the retailer will do all it can to protect British farming and the high-quality food they produce

Brooke Rollins, US Agriculture Secretary, brands the family farm tax a 'problem', as she warns farms will close as a result

Mr Milne, MP for Horsham, writes exclusively for Farmers Guardian on the Trump-Starmer trade deal and what it could mean for British farming

Shadow Defra Secretary Victoria Atkins told Parliament that more farmers had recently taken their own lives following Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ Autumn Budget changes to Inheritance Tax

The Tenant Farmers Association said the May 2025 local election results should serve as a warning to Labour that the party could lose rural seats at the next General Election if they do not change tack on changes to Inheritance Tax (IHT)