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Cabinet aware of 'pressure' on Chancellor Rachel Reeves after her Autumn Budget on small family farms

Farm Business

Cabinet aware of 'pressure' on Chancellor Rachel Reeves after her Autumn Budget on small family farms

Ms Reeves' 'tough decisions' to fix the 'black hole' in the economy have been met with a backlash from farmers who fear the family farm tax could end small family farms

clock 14 January 2025 • 2 min read
Should medicine recording remain a voluntary action or become legislated?

Livestock

Should medicine recording remain a voluntary action or become legislated?

2024 was a varied and challenging year for farming and no less so for Gwyn Jones, who stepped into the role of Ruminant Health and Welfare chair

clock 14 January 2025 • 4 min read
1,800 Portuguese farms affected by bluetongue

Sheep

1,800 Portuguese farms affected by bluetongue

More than 37,000 sheep have died from bluetongue in Portugal

clock 14 January 2025 • 2 min read
LAMMA LOOKBACK: Reflect on classic LAMMA pictures since 1982

Lamma Show

LAMMA LOOKBACK: Reflect on classic LAMMA pictures since 1982

Take a look at LAMMA Show over the years

clock 13 January 2025 • 1 min read
Stewart Trailers set for LAMMA launch

Machinery

Stewart Trailers set for LAMMA launch

Scottish Trailer manufacturer Stewart Trailers is set to showcase its new Legend range of trailers at LAMMA

clock 13 January 2025 • 1 min read
One of four known lynx wildcats dies after being 'abandoned' in Cairngorms National Park

Rural crime

One of four known lynx wildcats dies after being 'abandoned' in Cairngorms National Park

The four illegally released lynx wildcats were captured by trained animal officers on Friday (January 10)

clock 13 January 2025 • 4 min read
The Farmers Guardian podcast: Get farming into schools petition - "This is what kids should be learning from the word go"

Podcasts

The Farmers Guardian podcast: Get farming into schools petition - "This is what kids should be learning from the word go"

The Budget highlighted the disconnect between farming and the general public, but getting agriculture into schools could help bridge that gap

clock 13 January 2025 • 1 min read
Retailers Morrisons and Booths speak out over Inheritance Tax row

Politics

Retailers Morrisons and Booths speak out over Inheritance Tax row

Morrisons' head of agriculture Sophie Throup said the retailer had been raising farmers' concerns over IHT with Government since November 2024

clock 13 January 2025 • 2 min read
Border control 'paramount' after foot-and-mouth confirmed in Germany

Livestock

Border control 'paramount' after foot-and-mouth confirmed in Germany

An outbreak was confirmed in a herd of water buffalo in the first instance of FMD in Germany since 1988

clock 13 January 2025 • 3 min read
Family farm tax still a battle with millionaire landowners, Labour and Green Party MPs claim

Farm Business

Family farm tax still a battle with millionaire landowners, Labour and Green Party MPs claim

Labour and Green Party politicians have been meeting with farmers since the start of the New Year to hear their concerns about Inheritance Tax

clock 13 January 2025 • 2 min read