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SAVE BRITAIN'S FAMILY FARMS: Rebecca Pow - "Farms are an essential cog in the wheel if we are to ensure a secure food supply"

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SAVE BRITAIN'S FAMILY FARMS: Rebecca Pow - "Farms are an essential cog in the wheel if we are to ensure a secure food supply"

Former DEFRA Environment Minister Rebecca Pow highlights the value of family farms for Farmers Guardian's Save Britain's Family Farms campaign

clock 14 November 2024 • 1 min read
Andrew RT Davies - Welsh Conservative Party leader on the Autumn Budget: "I fear that there are thousands of little girls and boys around Britain who will be robbed of their birthright to farm the land"

Politics

Andrew RT Davies - Welsh Conservative Party leader on the Autumn Budget: "I fear that there are thousands of little girls and boys around Britain who will be robbed of their birthright to farm the land"

"This tax could well mean the end of the family farm"

clock 13 November 2024 • 3 min read
Martin Lines - the Nature Friendly Farming Network's take on the Autumn Budget: "Some farmers will not have enough time to adjust to this new burden"

Politics

Martin Lines - the Nature Friendly Farming Network's take on the Autumn Budget: "Some farmers will not have enough time to adjust to this new burden"

"Family farms are at the heart of a thriving rural economy, and farming plays a crucial role in delivering on priorities like nature recovery, climate mitigation, and clean water"

clock 12 November 2024 • 4 min read
Ben Taylor - Roythornes Solicitors on the Autumn Budget: "The £1 million threshold seems incredibly low"

Farm Business

Ben Taylor - Roythornes Solicitors on the Autumn Budget: "The £1 million threshold seems incredibly low"

How could the Budget affect tax and estate planning?

clock 11 November 2024 • 7 min read
US economist considers Donald Trump's impact on agriculture following re-election

Politics

US economist considers Donald Trump's impact on agriculture following re-election

Paula Bauer, vice-president of Agricultural Consumer and Retail at GlobalData, offers her view on some of the changes expected in the US agribusiness industry from Trump 2.0

clock 09 November 2024 • 2 min read
In Your Field: Dan Hawes - 'We need cold weather to transition the plants'

Farm Life

In Your Field: Dan Hawes - 'We need cold weather to transition the plants'

Dan Hawes grew up on an arable farm in Suffolk and now produces strawberry and raspberry plants for the UK fruit market with Blaise Plants, sister company to Hugh Lowe Farms, Kent

clock 08 November 2024 • 2 min read
Opinion: "As Remembrance Day approaches on Sunday, there is no better time to focus on what happens when the country forgets about feeding itself"

Lest We Forget

Opinion: "As Remembrance Day approaches on Sunday, there is no better time to focus on what happens when the country forgets about feeding itself"

Farmers Guardian's online editor Emily Ashworth reflects on the importance of food security - and urges people to remember the plight of food production during World War Two

clock 08 November 2024 • 2 min read
From the editor: "Lack of understanding not only threatens the viability of family businesses, but also the Government's own ambitions on health and the environment"

Politics

From the editor: "Lack of understanding not only threatens the viability of family businesses, but also the Government's own ambitions on health and the environment"

This week from Farmers Guardian editor Olivia Midgley

clock 07 November 2024 • 2 min read
In your field: Alan Carter - "Family farms are special... I realise I am only in this position because of the hard work of previous generations"

In your field

In your field: Alan Carter - "Family farms are special... I realise I am only in this position because of the hard work of previous generations"

Alan Carter farms in partnership with his parents, Paul and Christine, on a 162-hectare (400-acre), 400-cow dairy unit at Constantine, Cornwall, with 130 milking cows, supplying Saputo. Alan, also a Parish Councillor, and his wife Sarah, have two children, Ross and Dana

clock 06 November 2024 • 3 min read
Philip Kirkpatrick: "I think there will be a lot more land coming to the market"

Dairy

Philip Kirkpatrick: "I think there will be a lot more land coming to the market"

Farmers and rural businesses are rightly up in arms following the Budget, in which valuable Inheritance Tax reliefs for agricultural and business assets were decimated

clock 06 November 2024 • 5 min read