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Tim Farron: "I cannot remember a time when farmers were treated so badly by those in power"

Farm Business

Tim Farron: "I cannot remember a time when farmers were treated so badly by those in power"

Mr Farron, Liberal Democrats spokesperson for rural affairs, writes for Farmers Guardian on issues including withdrawing BPS, Inheritance Tax changes, Donald Trump, food security and backing British farmers

clock 28 February 2025 • 3 min read
From the editor: "In any other year, those announcements would have been met with applause. Instead, Mr Reed stood red-faced and on the wrong side of farmers' frustrations"

Politics

From the editor: "In any other year, those announcements would have been met with applause. Instead, Mr Reed stood red-faced and on the wrong side of farmers' frustrations"

This week from Farmers Guardian editor Olivia Midgley

clock 27 February 2025 • 3 min read
Llyr Gruffydd MS on IHT: "The policy is unforgivable and utterly counter-productive'

Politics

Llyr Gruffydd MS on IHT: "The policy is unforgivable and utterly counter-productive'

Plaid Cymru Shadow Minister for Rural Affairs, Llyr Gruffydd, shares his views on the impact of the family farm tax in Wales ahead of a debate in the Senedd on Wednesday, March 5

clock 27 February 2025 • 4 min read
Emma Gray's Farming Life: "The mega storm had blown a sizeable chunk out of our lambing plans"

Blogs

Emma Gray's Farming Life: "The mega storm had blown a sizeable chunk out of our lambing plans"

Storm Eowyn caused havoc - has it impacted the start of Emma Gray's lambing season?

clock 26 February 2025 • 2 min read
Young Farmer Focus - Kirsten Henry: "Enjoy the journey, embrace risk, and just go for it"

Young Farmer Focus

Young Farmer Focus - Kirsten Henry: "Enjoy the journey, embrace risk, and just go for it"

Ms Henry, 23, writes about being part of Moneymore Young Farmers' Club, her journey as a Nuffield Farming Next-Gen Scholar, and why she is passionate about farming

clock 26 February 2025 • 2 min read
From the lambing shed: Hannah Murrell - "It's not unusual for me to dream about sheep at night"

Sheep

From the lambing shed: Hannah Murrell - "It's not unusual for me to dream about sheep at night"

Norfolk shepherdess Hannah Murrell is gearing up for a very busy lambing season at Gawdy Hall Estate, in Harleston

clock 25 February 2025 • 4 min read
Professor David Rose: "Government, including Defra, must recognise that their language and actions can be one of the major causes of poor farmer wellbeing"

Mental Health

Professor David Rose: "Government, including Defra, must recognise that their language and actions can be one of the major causes of poor farmer wellbeing"

Professor Rose has provided five tips for Government to tackle both causes of, and support for, poor farmer wellbeing

clock 25 February 2025 • 4 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
Labour MP Steve Witherden on IHT: "I asked the Treasury to raise the threshold to target the tax-dodging multinationals... there is still time for this to be put right"

Politics

Labour MP Steve Witherden on IHT: "I asked the Treasury to raise the threshold to target the tax-dodging multinationals... there is still time for this to be put right"

This week's opinion from throughout the world of agriculture: Steve Witherden, Labour MP for Montgomeryshire and Glyndŵr

clock 24 February 2025 • 3 min read
In your field: Dan Hawes - "February is an important month for us in the strawberry propagation world"

In your field

In your field: Dan Hawes - "February is an important month for us in the strawberry propagation world"

Dan Hawes grew up on an arable farm in Suffolk and now produces strawberry and raspberry plants for the UK fruit market with Blaise Plants, sister company to Hugh Lowe Farms, Kent. The business grows outside, under tunnels and in glasshouses and produces more than four million plants a year. The arable side includes environmental schemes, with a mix of wheat, oilseed rape, beans and barley crops

clock 23 February 2025 • 3 min read