All from last 24 hours OPINIONEditor's View: Budget piles the pressure on food inflationThe decision this week to place last-minute restrictions on the right of farmers to protest in London on the day of the Budget was regrettable, particularly as the imposition came… TAXSmall IHT concession in an otherwise damaging BudgetChancellor Rachel Reeves has offered a small concession in her Autumn Budget in relation to inheritance tax on farm assets. She has confirmed the 100% agricultural property relief (APR) threshold… FARM POLICYDefiant farmers flood into London after tractor banFrustrated farmers descended on central London in their thousands on Wednesday (26 November), defying a last-minute Metropolitan Police ban on tractors entering Whitehall just hours before a planned Budget day… MEAT MARKETS AND PRICESGB pig price falls to £2/kg as margins tighten on farmAfter several buoyant years for the pork sector, falling pig prices are once again squeezing margins for producers. Finished pig prices have slipped by almost 8p/kg in the past three… DAIRY MARKETS AND PRICESDairy sector plans ahead to manage excess milk volumesAn oversupplied milk market is putting significant pressure on farmgate milk prices, with further cuts expected to be announced by processors next week. Independent dairy analyst Chris Walkland has warned… TRACTORSOn test: Time-proven John Deere 6M 155 finally gets 50kphSome tractors prove to be stinkers, others functional if unremarkable, and a very select few transcend an era. John Deere’s 30-series – the 6930 and 7530 in particular – has… LIVESTOCK DISEASESAdvice on winter measures to keep bluetongue virus at bayAlthough falling temperatures will now curtail midge activity and bluetongue virus replication, farmers can still take measures to reduce infection pressure this winter by disrupting the midge life cycle. Poorly… WEED MANAGEMENTPost-em herbicide permitted for key winter wheat and barleyFarmers now have the option to apply Proclus or Bandur (aclonifen) in winter wheat and winter barley post-emergence up to the four-leaf stage, and the active can now be used… FARMER FOCUSFarmer Focus: The problems caused by a hungry squirrelWe’re in the very fortunate position of having full fibre broadband connection at the farm. This means that day-to-day administrative tasks that were once painfully slow online can be done… FARMER FOCUSFarmer Focus: Stubble turnips 'best for years' after droughtAfter a long, dry summer, the weather has finally broken and now seems determined to deliver all the rain we missed – in one go. Fortunately, most of our stock… NEWSFarmers send clear IHT message to Treasury ahead of BudgetMore than 400 Royal Welsh Winter Fair attendees made their feelings on the proposed changes to inheritance tax (IHT) clear when they held up a mosaic message, spelling out “No…
