All from last 24 hours FARM POLICYStarmer taken to task by Labour MP over farm taxSir Keir Starmer was confronted by a Labour MP over the government’s proposed inheritance tax changes for farming during a tense Commons Liaison Committee session, exposing mounting unrest on Labour’s… PLANNING PERMISSIONNew consultation set to ease planning rules for agricultureHousing secretary Steve Reed is set to launch a new consultation on proposals to streamline planning rules which, he says, will make it easier for farmers and rural firms to… CRIME£500,000 of stolen kit recovered in LincolnshirePolice have recovered more than half a million pounds’ worth of stolen farm machinery and vehicles across Lincolnshire over the past year, highlighting the scale of rural crime in the… WILDLIFENew app to facilitate next years Big Farmland Bird CountA new mobile phone app is set to facilitate next year's Big Farmland Bird Count (6-22 February) to help make recording sightings more straightforward. The annual census of farmland birds,… TRACTORSDriver's View: Ben Sharp’s Case IH Optum 300Case IH’s Puma 260 might be the obvious match for the 300hp tractors featured in this series, but, with the near-identical T7.300 already covered, we’re instead focusing on a model… POULTRYBenefits of premium turkey contract for beef and sheep farmGrowing turkeys is allowing a Powys farm to earn an additional income stream from its beef and sheep sheds at a time of the year when they would otherwise have… OPINIONOpinion: Farm visits make me view what we do in a new lightAny farmer questioning their future and weighing up the pros and cons of continuing to knacker themselves out on a daily basis for nothing would be forgiven for throwing in… FARMER FOCUSFarmer Focus: Lobbying brings positive NZ legislation changeThere has been a hectic five months of lobbying to help achieve positive legislative change in New Zealand. The environment is managed in this country by the Resource Management Act,…
