Farm Business

Emma Mosey - chair of the Farm Retail Association: "We [farmers] need to become storytellers, sharing the passion and dedication that goes into producing our food"

Farm Business

Emma Mosey - chair of the Farm Retail Association: "We [farmers] need to become storytellers, sharing the passion and dedication that goes into producing our food"

Ms Mosey recently spoke at the Transforming UK Food Systems Conference (TUKFSC) and writes for Farmers Guardian about the realities of modern farming, a health crisis from ultra-processed foods, the rural and urban divide, Inheritance Tax, production costs in farming and much more

clock 08 January 2025 • 3 min read
Countryside and farming champion Alan Titchmarsh recognised in New Year's Honours List for services to horticulture

Farm Business

Countryside and farming champion Alan Titchmarsh recognised in New Year's Honours List for services to horticulture

The Gardeners' World icon has been recognised for his services to horticulture

clock 07 January 2025 • 3 min read
Farmers must defend food production standards in face of eco-pressures, says farming group

Farm Life

Farmers must defend food production standards in face of eco-pressures, says farming group

Northern Ireland's Farmer For Action defends agriculture in face of climate accusations

clock 07 January 2025 • 2 min read
Treasury Ministers accused of 'political stonewalling' on Inheritance Tax changes

Politics

Treasury Ministers accused of 'political stonewalling' on Inheritance Tax changes

Tenant Farmers Association said they have only been allowed one ‘short' meeting with the Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury, with the Chancellor herself ‘no where to be seen'

clock 07 January 2025 • 4 min read
John Swinney - Scotland's First Minister on the Scottish Budget: "If we are going to recover and renew as a nation, then we have to come together as a nation"

Politics

John Swinney - Scotland's First Minister on the Scottish Budget: "If we are going to recover and renew as a nation, then we have to come together as a nation"

The Scottish First Minister has outlined why the SNP's Budget should be passed next month by MSPs

clock 07 January 2025 • 15 min read
Tractors take to streets in slow drive to urge councillors to reject Budget proposals

Politics

Tractors take to streets in slow drive to urge councillors to reject Budget proposals

Farmers in Yorkshire vow to continue fight to stop Labour's family farm tax

clock 07 January 2025 • 2 min read
Livestock farmers in Less Favoured Area could see profits 'cut in half' with new delinked payments

Farm Business

Livestock farmers in Less Favoured Area could see profits 'cut in half' with new delinked payments

"LFA livestock farms are set to be harder hit due to their historically higher proportion of income from BPS in comparison to other farm types, resulting in them now losing 45% of their bottom-line profit with the new subsidy reduction plans"

clock 07 January 2025 • 4 min read
Jeremy Moody - Central Association for Agricultural Valuers on the family farm tax: "Do farmers move to owning less land and having more on tenancy and other arrangements?"

Farm Business

Jeremy Moody - Central Association for Agricultural Valuers on the family farm tax: "Do farmers move to owning less land and having more on tenancy and other arrangements?"

"For English farming, Autumn 2024 saw, without warning, a precipitate acceleration of the phased agricultural transition, started for 2021, with the near removal of delinked payments for 2025 and the suspension of capital grants with an explanation only after the event"

clock 06 January 2025 • 4 min read
Defra Secretary expresses anger over council tax rises in Croydon but supports Inheritance Tax proposal on farm businesses

Farm Business

Defra Secretary expresses anger over council tax rises in Croydon but supports Inheritance Tax proposal on farm businesses

Streatham and Croydon North MP Steve Reed has gone above and beyond, which includes starting a petition to stop Croydon Council from selling 'community assets' like a tennis club in Croydon, after 'hiking' council tax by over 20%. But he has continued to back Chancellor Rachel Reeves' family farm tax; including a 20% tax on inherited agricultural property and assets on farm businesses

clock 06 January 2025 • 3 min read
French farmers attempt to restart protests in Paris following Mercosur deal

Politics

French farmers attempt to restart protests in Paris following Mercosur deal

The country’s second largest farming union, Rural Coordination, was met by police roadblocks on the way to the capital

clock 06 January 2025 • 1 min read