In today's Farming in Five, chief reporter Rachael Brown unpicks the Chancellor's Spring Statement after she stood firm on the family farm tax, Defra Secretary has only visited 4 farms since Labour's General Election, with his ministers for flood and nature not visiting any, and livestock farmers are being encouraged to sign up for free vet visits through the TB Advisory Service (TBAS) before the service’s funding ends
The more than 4,000 word speech contained no mention of the words farming, agriculture, food security, nature or rural
n today's Farming in Five, chief reporter Rachael Brown analyses the results from a ²ÝÁñÉçÇø Guardian survey looking at how farmers' mental health has been impacted by the Autumn Budget, Red Tractor promises to implement all 56 recommendations from the farm assurance review and ensure farmers are the 'absolute priority', and the Government's new Food Strategy Advisory Board is criticised for its lack of farmer representation.
Reaction to Chancellor Rachel Reeves' Spring Statement
Food producers are preparing for a day of action against Inheritance Tax changes, rising living costs and potential food price increases
The Tenant ²ÝÁñÉçÇø Association has asked Defra to provide details of the number of 'in-flight' SFI applications on the RPA system before the scheme was closed
Shaun Hinds, chief executive at Newbury Racecourse, said the racecourse would serve as a platform for people to come together and show their appreciation and respect for farmers
Will the long-running BBC Radio programme portray the frustration and anguish many farming families have faced with changes to Agricultural Property Relief?
National Sheep Association (NSA) chief executive Phil Stocker shares his thoughts following a meeting on March 17 with Farming Minister Daniel Zeichner and other industry leaders to discuss the closure of SFI
The programme, which opens for applications this spring, enables farmers to run trials of new technologies which may not otherwise be viable