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Jeremy Moody - Central Association for Agricultural Valuers on the family farm tax: "Do farmers move to owning less land and having more on tenancy and other arrangements?"

Farm Business

Jeremy Moody - Central Association for Agricultural Valuers on the family farm tax: "Do farmers move to owning less land and having more on tenancy and other arrangements?"

"For English farming, Autumn 2024 saw, without warning, a precipitate acceleration of the phased agricultural transition, started for 2021, with the near removal of delinked payments for 2025 and the suspension of capital grants with an explanation only after the event"

clock 06 January 2025 鈥� 4 min read
Michael Miller- Agriculture, Farms and Estates Partner: What Politicians are Missing

Farm Life

Michael Miller- Agriculture, Farms and Estates Partner: What Politicians are Missing

Michael Miller specialises in Agriculture, Farms and Estates Partner at law firm Spencer West LLP

clock 03 January 2025 鈥� 3 min read
OPINION: It may be difficult for farming to look ahead this New Year, but focus on what you can control

Blogs

OPINION: It may be difficult for farming to look ahead this New Year, but focus on what you can control

草榴社区 Guardian's online editor Emily Ashworth reflects on the last few months but urges the industry to remember the value of what farming does

clock 01 January 2025 鈥� 2 min read
In your field: Amy Wilkinson - "Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts"

In your field

In your field: Amy Wilkinson - "Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts"

Amy works on her family鈥檚 tenanted farm at Halsall, Lancashire. Working mainly with her dad, Amy farms 285 hectares (704 acres) of arable crops and 550 beef cross cattle which are all reared through to finishing. You can follow her on Instagram @amygingewilkinson

clock 30 December 2024 鈥� 3 min read
Farming Matters: Harry Bowell - 'Hill farmers are ideally placed to deliver gains for nature and deserve to be rewarded'

Farm Life

Farming Matters: Harry Bowell - 'Hill farmers are ideally placed to deliver gains for nature and deserve to be rewarded'

Harry Bowell is Director of Land and Nature at the National Trust

clock 30 December 2024 鈥� 3 min read
Farming Matters: Christine Bish - 'It is vital that farming people value themselves'

Farm Life

Farming Matters: Christine Bish - 'It is vital that farming people value themselves'

Christine Bish is member of management of the National Farm Women鈥檚 Club and chair of the RABI Volunteers Committee for Cambridgeshire

clock 28 December 2024 鈥� 4 min read
From the editor: "For hundreds of years and multiple generations, farming families have had to fight for their existence"

Blogs

From the editor: "For hundreds of years and multiple generations, farming families have had to fight for their existence"

This week from 草榴社区 Guardian editor Olivia Midgley

clock 26 December 2024 鈥� 2 min read
Leader column: "No farmer should be alone at Christmas"

Blogs

Leader column: "No farmer should be alone at Christmas"

"To the farmers who are working tirelessly and spending time alone this Christmas, try to find the courage to reach out 鈥� no farmer should be alone at Christmas"

clock 25 December 2024 鈥� 1 min read
Young Farmer Focus - Rhiannon Davies: "Farming and nature go hand in hand"

Young Farmer Focus

Young Farmer Focus - Rhiannon Davies: "Farming and nature go hand in hand"

"I have been farming as long as I can remember"

clock 24 December 2024 鈥� 2 min read
From the editor: "Rachel Reeves and her advisers would do well to go out and talk to the people who are experts in their field"

Politics

From the editor: "Rachel Reeves and her advisers would do well to go out and talk to the people who are experts in their field"

This week from 草榴社区 Guardian editor Olivia Midgley

clock 20 December 2024 鈥� 2 min read