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In your field: Amy Wilkinson - 'I have never met anyone so laid back – in fact, he could be horizontal'

In your field

In your field: Amy Wilkinson - 'I have never met anyone so laid back – in fact, he could be horizontal'

Amy works on her family’s tenanted farm at Halsall, Lancashire. Working mainly with her dad, Amy farms 285 hectares (704 acres) of arable crops and 550 beef cross cattle which are all reared through to finishing. You can follow her on Instagram @amygingewilkinson

clock 29 June 2024 • 3 min read
Huw Irranca-Davies - Wales' Rural Affairs Secretary: "We can turn the page on Tory chaos and deliver change for farming communities"

Politics

Huw Irranca-Davies - Wales' Rural Affairs Secretary: "We can turn the page on Tory chaos and deliver change for farming communities"

Mr Irranca-Davies has told Íæż½ã½ã readers that the Conservative Party has made life 'much harder' for farmers

clock 29 June 2024 • 3 min read
James Austen - partner at Collyer Bristow on inheritance tax: "Handing down farms intact to the next generation will become impossible"

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James Austen - partner at Collyer Bristow on inheritance tax: "Handing down farms intact to the next generation will become impossible"

Law firm Collyer Bristow has provided an analysis of what could happen to farm businesses if tax relief measure are withdrawn

clock 28 June 2024 • 5 min read
From the editor: Regen farming movement has to bring layers of value to the farmgate

From the editor: Regen farming movement has to bring layers of value to the farmgate

This week from Íæż½ã½ã editor Olivia Midgley

clock 28 June 2024 • 2 min read
EXCLUSIVE: Defra Secretary Steve Barclay: Farms benefit from Business Relief for inheritance tax - scrapping these could be 'ruinous' for farming families

Politics

EXCLUSIVE: Defra Secretary Steve Barclay: Farms benefit from Business Relief for inheritance tax - scrapping these could be 'ruinous' for farming families

In an exclusive for Íæż½ã½ã, Steve Barclay says that Labour simply do not understand food and farming

clock 26 June 2024 • 3 min read
Tim Farron, rural affairs spokesperson for Liberal Democrats: Rishi Sunak's 'desperate' Devon farm visit 'too little too late'

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Tim Farron, rural affairs spokesperson for Liberal Democrats: Rishi Sunak's 'desperate' Devon farm visit 'too little too late'

Former Liberal Democrat Leader and candidate for Westmorland and Lonsdale Tim Farron has slammed the Tory and Labour attitude to farming in his opinion piece for Íæż½ã½ã

clock 26 June 2024 • 3 min read
Martin Lines - chief executive of the Nature Friendly Farming Network on the General Election: "How many voters will consider the impact on farmers and rural communities?"

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Martin Lines - chief executive of the Nature Friendly Farming Network on the General Election: "How many voters will consider the impact on farmers and rural communities?"

clock 25 June 2024 • 3 min read
James Evans - Welsh Conservatives on the General Election: "There has been a cloud hanging over the farming industry for a long time"

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James Evans - Welsh Conservatives on the General Election: "There has been a cloud hanging over the farming industry for a long time"

Welsh Conservative Shadow Rural Affairs Minister James Evans has written a blog for Íæż½ã½ã outlining his party's backing for the farming community, agriculture's vital role to Wales and Labour's Sustainable Farming Scheme

clock 24 June 2024 • 5 min read
In your field: Dan Hawes - "All I need now is some good weather and a bit of free time – fingers crossed"

In your field

In your field: Dan Hawes - "All I need now is some good weather and a bit of free time – fingers crossed"

Dan Hawes grew up on an arable farm in Suffolk and now produces strawberry and raspberry plants for the UK fruit market with Blaise Plants, sister company to Hugh Lowe Farms, Kent. The business grows outside, under tunnels and in glasshouses and produces more than four million plants a year. The arable side includes environmental schemes, with a mix of wheat, oilseed rape, beans and barley crops.

clock 23 June 2024 • 3 min read
Dairy Talk - Gemma Smale-Rowland: "A small barbed wire cut led to a trip to A&E and resulted in sepsis"

Dairy

Dairy Talk - Gemma Smale-Rowland: "A small barbed wire cut led to a trip to A&E and resulted in sepsis"

It has been a late season here in Cornwall with the rain and cold weather delaying the progress of everything

clock 23 June 2024 • 4 min read