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Richard Broadbent, an environmental lawyer at Freeths, writes that landowners require certainty, clarity and careful forward planning if we are to reverse the chronic biodiversity decline we have seen over the past 100 years

Cllr Alastair Redman, Isle of Islay, Argyll and Bute, writes about the continued decline of and 'serious investment' needed in rural services

Richard Barnett, of The Rural Partnership Group, Cheshire, responds to Andy Welford's Farming Matters column (FG, March 21) and shares his views on the Treasury's Inheritance Tax reforms

Richard Bruce, from the Isle of Wight, discusses the impact of various fiscal policies on farming over the years

FG reader Hugh Wroth, from Wiltshire, shares his views on the current Labour Government's farming policies

D.G. Jones, from Conwy in North Wales, continues the conversation around common land grazing rights

Nigel Bennet, livestock area manager, Northern Europe, Roam Technology, reflects on the growing risk to UK agriculture due to inadequate biosecurity, weak border controls and a shrinking veterinary workforce

Peter Gantlett emailed FG to share his thoughts on succession planning and Inheritance Tax in dairy farming

FG reader Frank Brown offers his proposed solution to closing the tax avoidance loophole in Agricultural Property Relief (APR)

Phillip Morgan, from Powys, reflects on the value of common land and grazing rights over his lifetime