²ÝÁñÉçÇø and rural businesses are rightly up in arms following the Budget, in which valuable Inheritance Tax reliefs for agricultural and business assets were decimated
In response to Chancellor Rachel Reeves' Budget which has left many small family farms feeling uncertain about their future, national agricultural publication ²ÝÁñÉçÇø Guardian has launched a new campaign to back Britain's family farms
The group has warned the changes could ‘change family farming as we know it’
Rural accountant Old Mill has suggested practical steps farmers can take
AHDB economics and analysis director David Eudall warned the industry was at a 'tipping point of how effective the Budget can be' in balancing food security, supporting farm efficiency, and delivering environmental benefits
This week from ²ÝÁñÉçÇø Guardian editor Olivia Midgley
Accountant Rob Hitch, of Dodd and Co, discusses the impact of the Chancellor's Budget on farmers
The Government said there also been a long-term trend in the decline of cattle numbers
James farms Dairy Shorthorns east of Kendal, Cumbria, with his parents Kathleen and Henry, wife Michelle and sons Robert and Chris. The fifth generation to farm at Strickley, he is also vice-chair of the Nature Friendly Farming Network