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Autumn Budget 2024
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Agricultural transition has 'lurched from one crisis to another'
Politics

Agricultural transition has 'lurched from one crisis to another'

Rachael Brown
Rachael Brown
clock 28 November 2024 鈥� 2 min read
UPDATES from Scottish farmer rally: NFU Scotland president warns the supply chain could collapse
Politics

UPDATES from Scottish farmer rally: NFU Scotland president warns the supply chain could collapse

Alex Black
Alex Black
clock 28 November 2024 鈥� 3 min read
Concerns of a 'potential crisis' building for upland farmers with delays to Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier
Politics

Concerns of a 'potential crisis' building for upland farmers with delays to Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier

Rachael Brown
Rachael Brown
clock 27 November 2024 鈥� 3 min read
CropTec 2024: NFU's David Exwood says there is 'hope' Government will make changes to APR
Farm Business

CropTec 2024: NFU's David Exwood says there is 'hope' Government will make changes to APR

Olivia Midgley
clock 27 November 2024 鈥� 1 min read
草榴社区
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Booming pig and poultry sector help boost meat processor as revenue tops 拢1.33bn
Farm Business

Booming pig and poultry sector help boost meat processor as revenue tops 拢1.33bn

Cranswick says investment and acquisitions have driven market share

clock 29 November 2024 鈥� 1 min read
Up to 75,000 farming businesses could feel impact of Inheritance Tax changes
Farm Business

Up to 75,000 farming businesses could feel impact of Inheritance Tax changes

Plea to Chancellor to rethink amid warning Budget changes will affect 30% of UK businesses

clock 29 November 2024 鈥� 2 min read
Agricultural transition has 'lurched from one crisis to another'
Politics

Agricultural transition has 'lurched from one crisis to another'

Responding to Defra putting on hold 76 capital grant items, NFU deputy president David Exwood said: "The messaging of this is confusing 鈥� farmers and growers are being asked to adopt measures to improve the environment but have been left in the lurch without access to the key grant schemes which will enable them to do this"

clock 28 November 2024 鈥� 2 min read
Some optimism as potato harvest ends earlier than last year
Farm Business

Some optimism as potato harvest ends earlier than last year

As the potato harvest draws to a close across the UK, Cedric Porter takes a look at the markets

clock 28 November 2024 鈥� 4 min read
Retailers join forces with Arla dairy farmers to trial methane-reducing feed additives
Farm Business

Retailers join forces with Arla dairy farmers to trial methane-reducing feed additives

Arla will work alongside retail partners Morrisons and Aldi, and with Tesco on its new Future Dairy Partnership initiative, to highlight how feed additives can be introduced to normal feeding routines

clock 28 November 2024 鈥� 3 min read
4,000 Scottish tenants ignored in IHT rules, says adviser
Farm Business

4,000 Scottish tenants ignored in IHT rules, says adviser

Concerns raised over how country's tenancy legislation will affect family farms

clock 27 November 2024 鈥� 2 min read
Denmark agrees livestock 'fart tax'
Farm Business

Denmark agrees livestock 'fart tax'

There are just over 15,000 farms with livestock in Denmark

clock 27 November 2024 鈥� 2 min read
Defra pays out 拢57 million to farmers impacted by flooding
Politics

Defra pays out 拢57 million to farmers impacted by flooding

According to Defra, around 13,000 farmers were impacted by severe wet weather, including Storms Henk and Babet, between October and March last year

clock 27 November 2024 鈥� 2 min read
Defra confirms some capital grants will be 'temporarily closed' due to 'unprecedented demand'
Politics

Defra confirms some capital grants will be 'temporarily closed' due to 'unprecedented demand'

Defra confirmed 76 grant items have been impacted. For farmers who have applied for a grant that is temporarily withdrawn, their application will be put on hold and will be contacted early next year

clock 27 November 2024 鈥� 2 min read
Concerns of a 'potential crisis' building for upland farmers with delays to Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier
Politics

Concerns of a 'potential crisis' building for upland farmers with delays to Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier

The NFU has expressed 鈥榚xtreme concern' to reports the scheme is now unlikely to open until mid-2025

clock 27 November 2024 鈥� 3 min read
CropTec 2024: NFU's David Exwood says there is 'hope' Government will make changes to APR
Farm Business

CropTec 2024: NFU's David Exwood says there is 'hope' Government will make changes to APR

草榴社区 have been dealing with a 'callous and chaotic Government policy dropped like a bomb' but there is hope elements of APR may be reversed

clock 27 November 2024 鈥� 1 min read
HCC chair hits out at 'toxic workplace' documentary branding it a 'gross misrepresentation'
Farm Business

HCC chair hits out at 'toxic workplace' documentary branding it a 'gross misrepresentation'

Claims of 鈥榝ear, intimidation and dishonesty鈥� as two thirds of staff quit in 16 months

clock 27 November 2024 鈥� 3 min read
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