Third Labour MP takes a stand against 'embarrassing' family farm tax changes

Labour MP Henry Tufnell has also called for an 'amnesty' for older and sick farmers following Chancellor Rachel Reeves' Autumn Budget

03 March 2025 • 2 min read

Watch our FREE webinar: How to navigate the IHT fallout and plan your farm's succession

03 March 2025 • 3 min read

Succession planned well can be the beginning of a new era

Inheritance Tax changes have created an accelerated need for succession planning, but farmers are reminded not to panic

03 March 2025 • 4 min read

Farming in Five: Weekly round-up of main news stories and a look ahead to next week

In today's Farming in Five, chief reporter Rachael Brown takes a look at the main news stories this week, with the family farm tax dominating the headlines from NFU conference, and the PM facing criticism for breaking his promise on ensuring solar farm developments would not be at the expense of tenant farmers following the appeal decision at Emma and Rob Sturdy's farm. She also looks ahead to next week, with another farmer rally in Westminster on Pancake Day over the impact of the family farm tax on the elderly and terminally ill

28 February 2025 • 1 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"

This week from Farmers Guardian editor Olivia Midgley

27 February 2025 • 3 min read

Sir Keir Starmer questioned on whether family farm tax was a 'mistake' or 'intentional'

Did the Prime Minister intend to frustrate and anger the agricultural sector over changes to Agricultural Property Relief in the Budget or was it a mistake?

27 February 2025 • 2 min read

Save Britain's Family Farms: Young Farmers take future into their own hands and head to Parliament to discuss IHT

A group of Young Farmers were given the opportunity to take their fight for the future of farming straight to Parliament

07 February 2025 • 3 min read

Save Britain's Family Farms: Ben Aveling - "This is not about you or me being a farmer, it is about people of Britain who need to eat"

Hear from British farmers on the impact of the proposed changes to Inheritance Tax

04 February 2025 • 1 min read

Roger's View: "Our family has already lost one farm through politics, and it pains me to think that we might lose another"

Roger Nicholson, 81, helped to build Cannon Hall, the well-loved Yorkshire farm, into what it is today. In the first of a special blog series for Farmers Guardian, Roger reflects on what the Budget means for the industry and his time in agriculture

07 December 2024 • 4 min read

SAVE BRITAIN'S FAMILY FARMS: Maria Warne - "It is not just a farm, it is a family"

In a new Farmers Guardian campaign to support family farms, farmers across the country have voiced their concerns about the future of the industry. In a new series for the campaign, family farm focus, you will hear straight from farming families talking about their worries for their business and legacy

18 November 2024 • 1 min read

Farming industry get behind FG's SAVE BRITAIN'S FAMILY FARMS campaign: "[This] campaign will help deliver our message to Government"

Our campaign aims to show the true value of our country's family farms and highlight the impact of the Budget

14 November 2024 • 2 min read

SAVE BRITAIN'S FAMILY FARMS: Rebecca Pow - "Farms are an essential cog in the wheel if we are to ensure a secure food supply"

Former DEFRA Environment Minister Rebecca Pow highlights the value of family farms for Farmers Guardian's Save Britain's Family Farms campaign

14 November 2024 • 1 min read

Agricultural Property Relief changes brings rural mental health into focus

In a debate led by Conservative MP for Chester South and Eddisbury, Aphra Brandreth, she said the cause of stress for farmers, particularly more recently, has been Government policy

14 November 2024 • 2 min read

Farm Business Innovation Show: Budget discussion highlights need to 'look at business structure and what is feasible'

Plan for the future but do not rush into any big decisions – that was the resounding message from a panel of experts discussing the Autumn Budget at the Farm Business Innovation Show, held at the NEC (November 6/7)

06 November 2024 • 2 min read

Farmers Guardian Podcast Autumn Budget - How will the Chancellor's Budget impact agriculture?

The Farmers Guardian news team give their analysis of the Chancellor's Budget

01 November 2024 • 1 min read

Farmers Guardian Podcast: Siblings plan their Yorkshire tenancy succession with the support of their parents

With succession the elephant in the room on many farms, Farmers Guardian's chief reporter Rachael Brown speaks to siblings Anna and Sam Hallos about how they are planning for the future

05 November 2024 • 6 min read

Farming matters: Joe Evans - "This budget is not just bad for farmers – it is bad for everyone. It is irresponsible"

This week's opinion from throughout the world of agriculture: CLA vice-president Joe Evans

18 December 2024 • 3 min read

James Farrell - Knight Frank on the Autumn Budget: "If this is the 'new deal' (for farmers), it does not look very appealing"

"There will be a need for a rapid and concerted effort from the leaders in the rural and farming sectors to hold the Government to account on ensuring that the gulf between urban and rural support does not become even wider"

14 November 2024 • 4 min read

#FarmingCAN: Lancashire dairy farmer makes it her mission to educate children

Elaine Smith has made it her mission to excite children about the world of farming. Emily Ashworth finds out more

31 July 2024 • 5 min read

#FarmingCAN: Farmer Will - 'We need to get farming taught in schools. The more I think about it the crazier it is'

Being able to connect to the general public is quite a talent, and one that Will Young has mastered. Emily Ashworth pays him a visit

29 December 2023 • 7 min read

#FarmingCAN: Young farmer says showing the industry for what it truly is will attract new people

In the first of a new series of Farmers Guardian’s #FarmingCAN campaign, Emily Ashworth talks to young farmer Dylan Vetara about representing the industry

29 September 2023 • 5 min read

Consumer trust and demand for British food at an all time high

More consumers trust British food and are choosing to buy British than ever before, a new survey has revealed.

13 July 2021 • 2 min read