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Letters: "The bandwagon of vindictive socialism [against farming] rolls on"

Letters: "The bandwagon of vindictive socialism [against farming] rolls on"

FG reader Hugh Wroth, from Wiltshire, shares his views on the current Labour Government's farming policies

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clock 01 April 2025 鈥� 1 min read
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Letters: Farming Matters on IHT "upsetting and annoying" but made "some very pertinent points"

clock 01 April 2025 鈥� 3 min read
In your field

In your field: Dan Hawes 鈥� "Everything has started to grow, the ground has finally dried out... Long may the sun continue"

clock 31 March 2025 鈥� 2 min read
In your field

In your field: Alan Carter 鈥� "When you have been in a parlour since the pushchair, you can take all this for granted"

clock 31 March 2025 鈥� 3 min read
Dairy

Dairy Matters - Rob Kirk: "When grant funding becomes available there is a risk farmers focus on what they can get, not what they need"

clock 30 March 2025 鈥� 5 min read
Young 草榴社区 and Careers

Little Lambers: "I asked mum and dad if I could get my own sheep for my birthday"

clock 30 March 2025 鈥� 3 min read
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OPINION: "Is the Land Use Framework another threat to the viability of English farms?"

clock 29 March 2025 鈥� 2 min read
Dairy Talk - Ifan Roberts: "Having some spring grass available in the milking herd ration is driving some very encouraging milk yields"

Dairy

Dairy Talk - Ifan Roberts: "Having some spring grass available in the milking herd ration is driving some very encouraging milk yields"

Ifan Roberts is a new entrant who has established a contract farming agreement milking 500 block calving cows in Cheshire

clock 29 March 2025 鈥� 3 min read
Hudda Morgan: "The next generation may not be ready to take on the running of a farm"

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Hudda Morgan: "The next generation may not be ready to take on the running of a farm"

Hudda Morgan is a partner at legal firm Spencer West LLP. She writes about Inheritance Tax for farmers and some of the changes which Chancellor Rachel Reeves could adopt in the next Budget

clock 29 March 2025 鈥� 3 min read
Letters: Chancellor's Spring Statement 'overlooks food security as key part of national resilience'

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Letters: Chancellor's Spring Statement 'overlooks food security as key part of national resilience'

Farmer Richard Watts said: "Rising costs in wages, National Insurance, and energy are putting immense pressure on small and family-run farms"

clock 28 March 2025 鈥� 1 min read