letters

Letters: "The bandwagon of vindictive socialism [against farming] rolls on"

Politics

Letters: "The bandwagon of vindictive socialism [against farming] rolls on"

FG reader Hugh Wroth, from Wiltshire, shares his views on the current Labour Government's farming policies

clock 01 April 2025 • 1 min read
Letters: "Non-active common land graziers have received substantial payments for doing nothing"

Farm Life

Letters: "Non-active common land graziers have received substantial payments for doing nothing"

D.G. Jones, from Conwy in North Wales, continues the conversation around common land grazing rights

clock 25 March 2025 • 3 min read
Letters: "Strong biosecurity must be the norm, not just a reaction to crises"

Livestock

Letters: "Strong biosecurity must be the norm, not just a reaction to crises"

Nigel Bennet, livestock area manager, Northern Europe, Roam Technology, reflects on the growing risk to UK agriculture due to inadequate biosecurity, weak border controls and a shrinking veterinary workforce

clock 20 March 2025 • 2 min read
Letters: "The key to why we are still in milk is succession planning"

Blogs

Letters: "The key to why we are still in milk is succession planning"

Peter Gantlett emailed FG to share his thoughts on succession planning and Inheritance Tax in dairy farming

clock 05 March 2025 • 2 min read
Letters: "Surely a better option would be to scrap APR altogether, but with exemptions"

Politics

Letters: "Surely a better option would be to scrap APR altogether, but with exemptions"

FG reader Frank Brown offers his proposed solution to closing the tax avoidance loophole in Agricultural Property Relief (APR)

clock 25 February 2025 • 2 min read
Letters: "People crossed the common to find wives mostly, and went back to their roots to be buried"

Blogs

Letters: "People crossed the common to find wives mostly, and went back to their roots to be buried"

Phillip Morgan, from Powys, reflects on the value of common land and grazing rights over his lifetime

clock 18 February 2025 • 3 min read
Letters: 'Farmers must not be scared of meeting misinformation head on'

Blogs

Letters: 'Farmers must not be scared of meeting misinformation head on'

Farmer-turned-author, Eryl Jones, reflects on what the agrifood industry can learn from history about misinformation and deception

clock 12 February 2025 • 5 min read
Letters: "Agriculture is the ultimate carbon recycling industry"

Climate Change

Letters: "Agriculture is the ultimate carbon recycling industry"

Jess Bostock, from Staffordshire, on carbon recycling and methane production

clock 11 February 2025 • 2 min read
Letters: Farmers an 'inconvenience to Labour' and the National Trust has 'lost its founding ethos'

Farm Business

Letters: Farmers an 'inconvenience to Labour' and the National Trust has 'lost its founding ethos'

Two FG readers share their thoughts on Labour's Inheritance Tax changes and the National Trust's 'wildlife and nature recovery' focus

clock 20 January 2025 • 4 min read
Letters: Red Tractor interim chair apologises for auction mart remark

Blogs

Letters: Red Tractor interim chair apologises for auction mart remark

This week's letter from Red Tractor's Interim Chair Alistair Mackintosh

clock 17 July 2024 • 1 min read