All news articles NEWSThis Week in Farming: Protests, cow numbers and revampsWelcome back to This Week in Farming. Congratulations on finding this email amid all the Black Friday nonsense. Here are your markets as usual – including yet another set of… NEWSOpinion: Farming prospects better served by our customersI was just reflecting on the hoary old adage: “Live as if you will die tomorrow, but farm as though you will live forever.” This evergreen advice is now also… FARM POLICYFarmers planning another mass tractor rally in LondonFarmers are gearing up for a mass tractor rally in London, organised by Save British Farming and Kent Fairness for Farmers, to oppose the government’s planned farm inheritance tax and… NEWSFarm organisations urged to sign gender diversity charterFarming organisations in the agricultural sector and its ancillary industries are being urged to show their commitment to improving gender diversity by signing Farmers Weekly’s Level The Field charter. The… ENVIRONMENTGovernment launches Tree Planting TaskforceThe government has launched a taskforce to oversee the planting of millions of trees across the UK, delivering on a pledge made in Labour's manifesto. The Tree Planting Taskforce will… ELMMonbiot criticises government for environmental grant freezeEnvironmental campaigner and writer George Monbiot has condemned the government’s decision to freeze crucial capital grants aimed at funding ecological restoration and sustainable farming practices. Defra has temporarily frozen 76… NEWSEditor's View: Winter Fair drama goes down a treatTo the Welsh Winter Fair this week, one of the UK’s best events for red meat producers. The alleys were thronged, the trade stands falling over themselves to hand out… FARM POLICYNational Land Use Strategy further delayed until next yearThe government's long-awaited Land Use Strategy is set to be pushed back again until at least early 2025. On 26 November, Defra’s parliamentary under-secretary of state, Baroness Hayman of Ullock,… FARM POLICYQuestions being asked about Defra’s ‘missing millions’Questions are being asked about the apparent seepage of money from Defra, following announcements in the October Budget. At the time, it was declared that the agricultural budget for 2024/25… FARM POLICYScots farmers gather to press Holyrood for proper fundingAn estimated 1,000 farmers, crofters, and opposition leaders rallied outside Holyrood on Thursday 28 November calling for an increase in funding for agricultural support when the Scottish government announces its… FARM POLICYAnalysis: Why the Treasury has it so wrong on impact of IHTFresh analysis from the NFU has set out exactly why the union believes Treasury claims that only about a quarter of farm businesses will ever be caught by its inheritance… FARM POLICYFarmers warn of ‘no limits’ in ‘family farm tax’ fightFrustrated farmers are threatening to intensify their protests against the government’s plans to impose inheritance tax, unless it takes immediate action to soften the impact on family farms. Dubbed the… ELMDefra accused of breaking own rules on capital grantsDefra and the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) are facing criticism after failing to provide farmers with the promised six weeks’ notice of funding changes to the capital grants scheme, a… NEWSAngry Welsh farmers blockade Holyhead PortHundreds of fed-up farmers from across Wales descended on Holyhead Port for a tractor protest organised by the farming lobby group Digon yw Digon (“Enough is Enough”) against anti-farming government… FARM POLICYTractor convoy descends on Dover to protest farm tax raidA convoy of tractors rolled through Dover today (Wednesday 27 November) as farmers protested against the Labour government’s recent Budget, which they say delivers a crippling blow to British agriculture.… TAXNew estimates suggest 2,500 farmers a year will be hit by IHTLatest analysis by the Central Association of Agricultural Valuers (CAAV) has cast fresh doubt on the Treasury’s claims that just a quarter of farmers will ever be caught by inheritance… FARM POLICYCornwall Council passes motion against ‘family farm tax’Cornwall Council has passed a “landmark” motion opposing the controversial “family farm tax” proposed in the government’s Autumn Budget. The motion, led by Nick Craker, Conservative councillor for Liskeard, won… ENVIRONMENTAL SCHEMESForestry Commission issues new advice for farmersPlanting the right trees in the right place on farms just got easier, with the publication of a new guide from Forest Research (the Forestry Commission’s research arm) and Reading… More articles
