Welsh Labour MP stands up for elderly farmers over family farm tax
Labour MP for Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr, Stephen Witherden said many elderly farmers are ‘too late in life' to plan for the proposed changes to Inheritance Tax
Farming in Five: Farmers frustrated by having to publicly defend the safety and viability of their businesses in light of public concerns around methane suppressors
In today's Farming in Five, chief reporter Rachael Brown reports on farmers' frustration of having to publicly defend the safety and viability of their businesses in light of public concerns around methane suppressors, Wales announces an all-wales avian influenza prevention zone, after it was declared across England and Scotland earlier in the week, and NFU Council members vote in favour of staging a further protest in the capital as part of a drive to halt the family farm tax
Ann Davies on IHT reform: 'Farming is in the soul, it is not just a trading issue'
The Plaid Cymru MP and tenant dairy farmer Ann Davies said there was 'train of people' in West Wales buying land for trees, carbon offsetting and solar and wind farms
Chancellor Rachel Reeves promises planning changes will unlock 'growth'
Heathrow expansion dominates agenda as Reeves insists Budget's fiscal rules are ‘non-negotiable and will be met'
January 29 Farming in Five: Chancellor Rachel Reeves offers little hope for farmers, insisting the Fiscal Rules set out in October are 'non-negotiable'
In today's Farming in Five, chief reporter Rachael Brown reports on the Chancellor's remarks that the Fiscal Rules set out in the Autumn Budget are 'non-negotiable and will be met', NFU Council members have voted in favour of staging a further protest in the capital on February 25, as part of a drive to halt the family farm tax, and NFU Cymru has called on Natural Resources Wales to reverse its decision to stop issuing new permits that allow farmers to dispose of waste sheep dip to land.
NFU announces plans for more family farm tax protests in London
NFU Council members voted in favour of undertaking further protest activity in the hope of overturning the family farm tax