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This week's opinion from throughout the world of agriculture: Dairy farmer and equestrian centre owner in Cheshire - Phil Latham

From concerns over the potential scrapping of inheritance tax relief to 'farmwashing' in supermarkets harming Britain's small-scale farmers - these are five farming stories not to miss this week on FG

The CLA said more than 27,000 farm businesses could be impacted by an inheritance tax reduction, potentially leading to 190,000 people out of work

According to a survey from Arla, more than half of Britain's dairy farmers are finding it more difficult than ever to recruit

"We have lost experienced farming MPs but this is now an opportunity to build back again"

This week from Farmers Guardian's Head of News and Business Alex Black

"Many older people in Wales will be forced to cut back further on essentials, including turning off the heating and living in cold homes, with all damaging impacts this has on health and well-being"

Sophia Ashe, 25, is from the Cotswolds, in Gloucestershire and she runs her own sheep flock

James farms Dairy Shorthorns east of Kendal, Cumbria, with his parents Kathleen and Henry, wife Michelle and sons Robert and Chris. The fifth generation to farm at Strickley, he is also vice-chair of the Nature Friendly Farming Network