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Letters: Chancellor's Spring Statement 'overlooks food security as key part of national resilience'
Politics

Letters: Chancellor's Spring Statement 'overlooks food security as key part of national resilience'

Rachael Brown
Rachael Brown
clock 28 March 2025 • 1 min read
Farmers Guardian survey reveals only 3% of farmers feel respected by Government post Budget
Mental Health

Farmers Guardian survey reveals only 3% of farmers feel respected by Government post Budget

Olivia Midgley
clock 28 March 2025 • 4 min read
March 27: Chancellor Rachel Reeves refuses to back down on family farm tax and National Insurance hike in Spring Statement, and Defra Secretary has only visited 4 farms since Labour won the General Election
Farming in Five

March 27: Chancellor Rachel Reeves refuses to back down on family farm tax and National Insurance hike in Spring Statement, and Defra Secretary has only visited 4 farms since Labour won the General Election

Rachael Brown
Rachael Brown
clock 27 March 2025 • 1 min read
Farming not mentioned in Chancellor Rachel Reeves' Spring Statement
Politics

Farming not mentioned in Chancellor Rachel Reeves' Spring Statement

Chris Brayford
clock 26 March 2025 • 5 min read
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Latest milk prices for dairy farmers
Farm Business

Latest milk prices for dairy farmers

Organic Herd has announced it will increase the price of member's milk by 3% to help farmers dealing with inflationary cost pressures.

clock 27 March 2025 • 23 min read
British Sugar concludes 'strong' 2024/25 campaign
Arable

British Sugar concludes 'strong' 2024/25 campaign

Dan Green, agriculture director at British Sugar, said it had been a ‘strong’ campaign and the weather had, for the most part, been kind

clock 27 March 2025 • 2 min read
Defra dismisses claims it plans to scrap Producer Organisations
Farm Business

Defra dismisses claims it plans to scrap Producer Organisations

Berry growers raise concerns amid funding review

clock 27 March 2025 • 2 min read
Chancellor Rachel Reeves refuses to back down in Spring Statement
Politics

Chancellor Rachel Reeves refuses to back down in Spring Statement

While Ms Reeves was quick to quell any rumoured tax rises, she did not back down on the measures introduced in the Autumn Budget, including the family farm tax

clock 26 March 2025 • 5 min read
'Farmers are the absolute priority', says Red Tractor as body publishes its response to assurance review
Farm Business

'Farmers are the absolute priority', says Red Tractor as body publishes its response to assurance review

Alistair Mackintosh welcomes opportunity to reset relationship with farmers

clock 25 March 2025 • 4 min read
Government's Food Strategy Board criticised for lack of farmer representation
Politics

Government's Food Strategy Board criticised for lack of farmer representation

Defra said the Food Strategy Advisory Board was the 'first step in a wider engagement strategy'

clock 25 March 2025 • 3 min read
Inheritance Tax changes to cause 200,000 job losses
Politics

Inheritance Tax changes to cause 200,000 job losses

Almost one-quarter of family businesses have cut jobs or paused recruitment since the Autumn Budget

clock 25 March 2025 • 3 min read
Government urged to avoid any further cuts to Defra's budget
Politics

Government urged to avoid any further cuts to Defra's budget

It has been rumoured Defra's budget could be on the ‘chopping block' in the Comprehensive Spending Review

clock 25 March 2025 • 5 min read
What can farming expect from the Chancellor's Spring Statement and beyond?
Politics

What can farming expect from the Chancellor's Spring Statement and beyond?

Jason Hollands, of wealth management firm Evelyn Partner, said another area that could be subject to an 'overhaul' was the lifetime gifting regime

clock 24 March 2025 • 4 min read
Good demand continues to drive beef trade
Beef

Good demand continues to drive beef trade

Cattle prices are ‘riding higher than we have seen the like before’, says IAAS president

clock 23 March 2025 • 2 min read
Defra told to allow 'in-flight' SFI applications to be processed
Politics

Defra told to allow 'in-flight' SFI applications to be processed

The Tenant Farmers Association has asked Defra to provide details of the number of 'in-flight' SFI applications on the RPA system before the scheme was closed

clock 22 March 2025 • 3 min read
Welsh red meat levy to increase by 3.3% this April
Farm Business

Welsh red meat levy to increase by 3.3% this April

The increase has been approved by the Welsh Government Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs, Huw Irranca-Davies

clock 21 March 2025 • 2 min read
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