Autumn Budget

In a brand-new monthly series, Farmers Guardian's Ask The Expert, we put your questions to industry experts and get the best insights and advice for your business

This week from Farmers Guardian editor Olivia Midgley

In today's Farming in Five, chief reporter Rachael Brown analyses the fall out from the closure of the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI), with the Farming Minister telling MPs that farmers were not given notice on closure as it would have led to a 'further spike in applications'. The National Trust says Defra's decision to close SFI to new applications will leave farmers facing a 'four month funding gap'. And she takes a look at the NFU's farmer confidence survey which is reportedly at an 'all time low'

Mr Dunn said: "Out of the £2.4 billion of budget allocated for the full panoply of schemes under the Agricultural Transition Plan, we need to know how much has been allocated to each element"

Gov has described changes to Inheritance Tax and Agricultural Property Relief as 'generous' compared to reliefs in 1992

Shadow Rural Affairs Secretary for Wales, Peter Fox, writes about the Autumn Budget, farmers anxious about changes to Inheritance Tax and Agricultural Property Relief, reduced investment in farming and his concerns for the future of family farming in Wales

Can MPs go back on their promises to farmers that there would be no changes to Inheritance Tax and Agricultural Property Relief prior to the General Election?

Welsh Conservatives leader Darren Millar said the incident was an 'absolute tragedy'

Mr Davies, a farmer and former leader of the Welsh Conservatives, writes about why Labour introduced Inheritance Tax changes on farmers, the strength and togetherness of the community in standing up to the changes, and why it needs to be reversed