Opinion and blogs

From the editor: Budget shows 'tax and succession planning is now even more critical' for farm businesses

From the editor: Budget shows 'tax and succession planning is now even more critical' for farm businesses

This week from Farmers Guardian editor Olivia Midgley

Politics
Olivia Midgley
clock 31 October 2024 • 2 min read
Politics

OPINION: Has Rachel Reeves really stuck a nail in the coffin of UK farmers?

clock 31 October 2024 • 2 min read
Shows & Sales

View from the rostrum: Ian Atkinson - Autumn sheep sales were a highlight

clock 30 October 2024 • 3 min read
In your field

In your field: James and Isobel Wright - "Those in rural Britain can actually define what a 'working person' is"

clock 30 October 2024 • 2 min read
In your field

In your field: James Robinson - "Whatever colour badge they wear, MPs are there to represent us"

clock 28 October 2024 • 3 min read
Arable

Eratic weather patterns, pests and Parliamentary inertia are just a few of the challenges facing farmers today

clock 27 October 2024 • 3 min read
In your field

In your field: Ian Garnett - "I feel sure the future of farming is in safe hands"

clock 26 October 2024 • 2 min read
Landowners offered insight into Autumn Budget

Politics

Landowners offered insight into Autumn Budget

The Prime Minister has described tomorrow's Budget as ‘painful', and the prevailing view is that it will focus on capital taxes. Sarah Wray, senior associate at law firm Charles Russell Speechlys, explains what you can expect

clock 25 October 2024 • 3 min read
In your field: Emma Robinson - "Maize is a case of hold your nerve and keep in contact with the contractor"

In your field

In your field: Emma Robinson - "Maize is a case of hold your nerve and keep in contact with the contractor"

Emma and her family farm in Monmouthshire, milking 100 pedigree Holsteins and selling raw milk from the farmgate. They also run 300 North Country Mules. Emma is Monmouthshire NFU chair and volunteers with the Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution

clock 25 October 2024 • 3 min read
Emma Gray's farming life: "No one wanted to believe that something as low as poisoning could happen in the sheepdog world"

Blogs

Emma Gray's farming life: "No one wanted to believe that something as low as poisoning could happen in the sheepdog world"

In a blog for Farmers Guardian, shepherdess and top dog trialler Emma Gray discusses drama at the International sheepdog trials

clock 25 October 2024 • 2 min read