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Spring Statement 2025 updates: What does it mean for farming?

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Spring Statement 2025 updates: What does it mean for farming?

Reaction to Chancellor Rachel Reeves' Spring Statement

clock 26 March 2025 • 14 min read
From the editor: 'If the country is to have guaranteed food security, then stability and certainty is needed within supply chains'

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From the editor: 'If the country is to have guaranteed food security, then stability and certainty is needed within supply chains'

This week from Farmers Guardian editor Olivia Midgley

clock 20 March 2025 • 2 min read
Letters: How can the Government claim to be aligned with a greener economy, only to turn its back on the very farmers who are driving sustainability?

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Letters: How can the Government claim to be aligned with a greener economy, only to turn its back on the very farmers who are driving sustainability?

This week sheep farmer and founder of rural education petition Olivia Shave reflects on this week's decision from Defra, to halt 2024 Sustainable Farming Incentive applications

clock 14 March 2025 • 1 min read
Mairi Gougeon to step down from frontline politics next year

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Mairi Gougeon to step down from frontline politics next year

Rural Affairs Secretary Mairi Gougeon has confirmed she will not be standing as an SNP candidate in next year's Scottish Parliamentary elections. Has she served Scottish farmers well during her time in Government?

clock 14 March 2025 • 3 min read
From the editor: How many chances will farmers give Sir Keir Starmer and his Cabinet as they blunder on with their botched approach to agricultural policy?

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From the editor: How many chances will farmers give Sir Keir Starmer and his Cabinet as they blunder on with their botched approach to agricultural policy?

This week from Farmers Guardian editor Olivia Midgley

clock 13 March 2025 • 3 min read
View from the Hill: New American Agriculture Secretary acknowledges vital role of farming to 'fuel and feed America'

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View from the Hill: New American Agriculture Secretary acknowledges vital role of farming to 'fuel and feed America'

A look at US farm politics from John Wilkes (inset) in Washington D.C

clock 10 March 2025 • 2 min read
Inheritance Tax: NHS, profitability and protests - what farmers need to know from the last few weeks

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Inheritance Tax: NHS, profitability and protests - what farmers need to know from the last few weeks

clock 08 March 2025 • 2 min read
From the editor: Hopes Chancellor will flip her decision after Pancake Day rally

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From the editor: Hopes Chancellor will flip her decision after Pancake Day rally

This week from Farmers Guardian editor Olivia Midgley

clock 06 March 2025 • 2 min read
FARMER RALLY UPDATES: Industry heads to London in hope of IHT change

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FARMER RALLY UPDATES: Industry heads to London in hope of IHT change

Today (March 4) farmers are heading to Whitehall in another show of unity against the new Inheritance Tax rules

clock 04 March 2025 • 1 min read
OPINION: "Farmers are not making anywhere near enough to begin paying IHT, even over 10 years"

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OPINION: "Farmers are not making anywhere near enough to begin paying IHT, even over 10 years"

Online editor Emily Ashworth talks about the consumer perception of farming regarding the Inheritance Tax discussion

clock 28 February 2025 • 1 min read