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Wendy Chamberlain - North East Fife MP - on Universal Credit: "Because of the system change, someone producing our food, cannot afford to eat. This is just not ok"

Wendy Chamberlain - North East Fife MP - on Universal Credit: "Because of the system change, someone producing our food, cannot afford to eat. This is just not ok"

The Liberal Democrats MP has spoken about the difficulties farming families face in accessing Universal Credit support and why a change in system has left farmers going hungry

Farm Business
Chris Brayford
clock 15 February 2025 • 6 min read
In your field

In your field: James and Isobel Wright - "Prices go up, markets shift and technology plays a bigger role than ever. But one thing stays the same, you are never quite happy about what the weather is doing"

clock 15 February 2025 • 2 min read
Politics

Gov says IHT will help drive NHS waiting lists down, but farming should be part of the national health plan

clock 14 February 2025 • 2 min read
Politics

From the editor: Labour may well be tone deaf to farmers' plight, as Daniel Zeichner let slip this week, but even Sir Keir could not tune out protest noise

clock 13 February 2025 • 2 min read
Politics

OPINION: "What do these backbencher Labour MPs know now that they did not know weeks ago?"

clock 13 February 2025 • 1 min read
Blogs

Letters: 'Íæż½ã½ã must not be scared of meeting misinformation head on'

clock 12 February 2025 • 5 min read
Farm Business

Letters: "The sooner farming learns to financially survive on its own two feet, the better"

clock 12 February 2025 • 1 min read
Young Farmer Focus - Amelia Greenway: "Our aim is to improve the conservation of rare breeds"

Young Farmer Focus

Young Farmer Focus - Amelia Greenway: "Our aim is to improve the conservation of rare breeds"

Amelia Greenway, 24, is a first-generation tenant farmer from Exeter in Devon. She writes about her passion to improve the conservation of rare breeds and why she is proud to support the Nature Friendly Farming Network

clock 12 February 2025 • 2 min read
In your field: Helen Stanier – "My heart goes out to those losing good cows through bovine TB"

In your field

In your field: Helen Stanier – "My heart goes out to those losing good cows through bovine TB"

Helen is a fifth-generation farmer who farms with her family at Grey Leys Farm in the Vale of York. The farm comprises 162ha (400 acres) of grass, maize and wholecrop for their 240 pedigree Jersey cows plus followers

clock 11 February 2025 • 3 min read
In your field: James Robinson – "We all have a voice when it comes to disease control or how our farmland is managed"

In your field

In your field: James Robinson – "We all have a voice when it comes to disease control or how our farmland is managed"

James farms Dairy Shorthorns east of Kendal, Cumbria. The fifth generation to farm at Strickley, he is also vice-chair of the Nature Friendly Farming Network

clock 11 February 2025 • 3 min read