²ÝÁñÉçÇø Guardian's online editor Emily Ashworth reflects on the last few months but urges the industry to remember the value of what farming does
Weather woes and the fallout from the Budget dominated the past 12 months as farmers prepare to welcome 2025
NFU president Tom Bradshaw said without a ‘resolution’ on Inheritance Tax, the issue is likely to continue to ‘hang over the industry’ in 2025, preventing British agriculture moving forward
²ÝÁñÉçÇø Guardian's Chief Reporter Rachael Brown discusses the Farming Minister's latest appearance as a guest speaker on a webinar hosted by Tenant ²ÝÁñÉçÇø Association
Speaking at a webinar hosted by the Tenant ²ÝÁñÉçÇø Association (TFA), Farming Minister Daniel Zeichner said a key theme from the debate around Agricultural Property Relief (APR) reform was the ‘low level of returns' among farm businesses
Description: In today's Farming in Five, Chief Reporter Rachael Brown reports on reaction to the Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer's comments that the purpose of the inheritance tax reform was to raise revenue in the Budget. Shortly after making these comments, his Farming Minister Daniel Zeichner said on a webinar hosted by the Tenant ²ÝÁñÉçÇø Association that far too many farmers are dependent on Government support schemes, and the new environmental schemes are about using public money for public goods, not about farming support – 'that comes alongside it.' Elsewhere, fairness in the supply chain will be the focus of a new inquiry by the Efra Committee. MPs will examine a range of key issues affecting the sector, including the levels of support for domestic food production, access to affordable and healthy food, labour shortages in the supply chain, and food prices.
This week online editor Emily Ashworth looks at ²ÝÁñÉçÇø Guardian's Save Britain's Family Farms campaign and the value that needs to be put back on the industry
This week from ²ÝÁñÉçÇø Guardian editor Olivia Midgley
"He has undermined the case made by Treasury and Defra ministers, who claimed that the Inheritance Tax changes were about tackling the 'Jeremy Clarksons and James Dysons' of this world"
A survey by law firm Shakespeare Martineau found out of 250 agricultural and small businesses, almost a quarter (22%) have identified the need to diversify their operations for business survival