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Inheritance Tax updates
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Inheritance Tax: NHS, profitability and protests - what farmers need to know from the last few weeks
Politics

Inheritance Tax: NHS, profitability and protests - what farmers need to know from the last few weeks

Emily Ashworth
clock 08 March 2025 鈥� 2 min read
Andrew RT Davies: "The rural industry has refused to roll over and become a casualty in Labour's class war"
Politics

Andrew RT Davies: "The rural industry has refused to roll over and become a casualty in Labour's class war"

Chris Brayford
clock 07 March 2025 鈥� 3 min read
Treasury Minister aware of need to 'amend' tax legislation for tenants on APR reform
Politics

Treasury Minister aware of need to 'amend' tax legislation for tenants on APR reform

Chris Brayford
clock 07 March 2025 鈥� 2 min read
Pressure mounts on Rachel Reeves as rural Labour MPs make feelings known on family farm tax changes
Politics

Pressure mounts on Rachel Reeves as rural Labour MPs make feelings known on family farm tax changes

Chris Brayford
clock 06 March 2025 鈥� 3 min read
草榴社区
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Beef price gap is 'unacceptable', say Northern Irish farmers
Farm Business

Beef price gap is 'unacceptable', say Northern Irish farmers

While beef prices have climbed, the gap between NI prices and GB has widened

clock 08 March 2025 鈥� 3 min read
Global alliance aims to improve gender balance in meat industry
Farm Business

Global alliance aims to improve gender balance in meat industry

Charter launched with goal to reach 40% female representation across the global food value chain by 2035

clock 07 March 2025 鈥� 3 min read
Milk prices hold steady despite flush
Dairy

Milk prices hold steady despite flush

The Arla milk price for conventional milk will remain unchanged from March 1

clock 07 March 2025 鈥� 2 min read
Tractor registrations down 20% for the start of 2025
Machinery

Tractor registrations down 20% for the start of 2025

AEA figures show tractor registations dropping in 2025, but the number of actual new machines on farms could be higher

clock 07 March 2025 鈥� 1 min read
Latest beef market updates: Prices continue to climb
Beef

Latest beef market updates: Prices continue to climb

Deadweight prices continue to climb

clock 07 March 2025 鈥� 6 min read
The 草榴社区 Guardian podcast: Why are Northern Irish farmers getting less money for their beef than those in GB?
Podcasts

The 草榴社区 Guardian podcast: Why are Northern Irish farmers getting less money for their beef than those in GB?

In this week's FG podcast, Alex Black speaks to two Northern Irish farmers about the price gap with Great Britain

clock 07 March 2025 鈥� 1 min read
Commodity markets calmer in 2024, but already turbulent in 2025
Prices & Trends

Commodity markets calmer in 2024, but already turbulent in 2025

Agriculture fared better in 2024 than other commodities

clock 07 March 2025 鈥� 3 min read
National Pig Association chief raises fears over German animal product entering the UK
Politics

National Pig Association chief raises fears over German animal product entering the UK

Speaking on a panel giving evidence to the Efra Committee, Ms Wilson said she had been made aware of information that products of animal origin from Germany had been auto-cleared via Todcof in the last couple of weeks

clock 06 March 2025 鈥� 3 min read
First Minister accused of 'dereliction of duty' over family farm tax
Politics

First Minister accused of 'dereliction of duty' over family farm tax

Welsh Conservative Shadow Minister Samuel Kurtz has accused the First Minister of Wales of a 鈥榙ereliction of duty' in failing to raise the concerns of Welsh farmers regarding the family farm tax in a meeting with the Chancellor

clock 06 March 2025 鈥� 4 min read
Farm audit platform secures extra funding
Farm Business

Farm audit platform secures extra funding

AgriAudit鈥檚 vision is to 鈥榮treamline audit processes, reduce paperwork and give farmers control over their compliance requirements'

clock 06 March 2025 鈥� 1 min read
草榴社区' views sought to save small abattoirs from 'devastating' inspection charge increases
Farm Business

草榴社区' views sought to save small abattoirs from 'devastating' inspection charge increases

How vital are abattoirs to farm businesses and what impact does a closure have to a business?

clock 06 March 2025 鈥� 3 min read
New AHDB report calls on farmers to future-proof their business against climate change
Farm Business

New AHDB report calls on farmers to future-proof their business against climate change

Rachael Madeley-Davies, AHDB head of environment said: "Ensuring that soil remains permeable and minimising compaction is an easy win in terms of soil health and adapting to managing increased rainfall and flooding implications on farmland"

clock 05 March 2025 鈥� 2 min read
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