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Autumn Budget: Farming Unions issue final plea to Chancellor to avoid 'crippling' tax changes

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Autumn Budget: Farming Unions issue final plea to Chancellor to avoid 'crippling' tax changes

In a joint letter to the Chancellor, farming unions warned how changes to APR could have a significant impact on tenant farmers, family farms, domestic food security and environmental delivery

clock 27 October 2024 • 5 min read
In your field: Emma Robinson - "Maize is a case of hold your nerve and keep in contact with the contractor"

In your field

In your field: Emma Robinson - "Maize is a case of hold your nerve and keep in contact with the contractor"

Emma and her family farm in Monmouthshire, milking 100 pedigree Holsteins and selling raw milk from the farmgate. They also run 300 North Country Mules. Emma is Monmouthshire NFU chair and volunteers with the Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution

clock 25 October 2024 • 3 min read
Removal of Inheritance tax reliefs would be 'catastrophic betrayal' to farmers, says CLA

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Removal of Inheritance tax reliefs would be 'catastrophic betrayal' to farmers, says CLA

Ahead of next week's parliament-defining budget, speculation has been mounting about whether the Government will scrap or cap agricultural property relief (APR) and business property relief (BPR)

clock 22 October 2024 • 3 min read
From the editor: "One hundred days into Sir Keir Starmer's premiership and farmers' confidence in his ambition for change is fading fast"

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From the editor: "One hundred days into Sir Keir Starmer's premiership and farmers' confidence in his ambition for change is fading fast"

This week from Farmers Guardian editor Olivia Midgley

clock 11 October 2024 • 2 min read
Farmers Guardian releases new white paper: What farmers and rural businesses need from Labour

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Farmers Guardian releases new white paper: What farmers and rural businesses need from Labour

October 12 marks 100 days of a Labour Government - a new white paper from Farmers Guardian highlights key factors the Government must not overlook

clock 10 October 2024 • 1 min read
From the editor: "Simplifying the system and reducing the burden of bureaucracy are key if Red Tractor wants to win back confidence and members"

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From the editor: "Simplifying the system and reducing the burden of bureaucracy are key if Red Tractor wants to win back confidence and members"

This week from Farmers Guardian editor Olivia Midgley

clock 03 October 2024 • 2 min read
Farming Matters: Phil Latham - "Will inheritance tax relief be lost for farming businesses? If so, it will devastate the succession plans for many families"

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Farming Matters: Phil Latham - "Will inheritance tax relief be lost for farming businesses? If so, it will devastate the succession plans for many families"

This week's opinion from throughout the world of agriculture: Dairy farmer and equestrian centre owner in Cheshire - Phil Latham

clock 03 October 2024 • 4 min read
From the editor: It is high time Sir Keir revealed what is on the table for farmers

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From the editor: It is high time Sir Keir revealed what is on the table for farmers

This week from Farmers Guardian editor Olivia Midgley

clock 01 October 2024 • 2 min read
Government's land use framework to go out for consultation by the end of the year

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Government's land use framework to go out for consultation by the end of the year

The chair of Labour's Climate and Environment Forum Baroness Young said she hoped the ‘multi-functional' land use framework would be operationally ‘sustainable'

clock 26 September 2024 • 2 min read
Plaid Cymru says Labour's energy plans are 'hollow'

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Plaid Cymru says Labour's energy plans are 'hollow'

Plaid Cymru criticised Labour's energy plans, adding they ‘will not maximise benefits' for Welsh communities without the devolution of the Crown Estate to Wales

clock 22 August 2024 • 2 min read