Agri Politics
Farm organisations have called upon the UK government to introduce more long-term measures to help farmers adapt to climate change.
Drought
Prime Minister Andy Burnham will chair an emergency meeting today about the impact of heatwaves, with almost 75% of England now in drought.
Rural Life
Defra has announced a new strategy aimed at ensuring rural communities are placed at the heart of government policy.
Several UK farming organisations have called for action from Defra to match the ambitions outlined in its new Farming Roadmap.
Agri-Business
The Country Land and Business Association (CLA) have responded to the funding pot for Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) 2026.
Environment
The CLA has called for measures to tackle fly-tipping as the latest figures show that councils dealt with 1.26 million illegal incidents in 2024/25.
Schemes
Many farming organisations have responded to Defra statements at the Oxford Farming Conference, such as the reopening of the SFI scheme.
The UK Government has today announced that the level of the Agricultural and Business Property tax reliefs threshold will be increased
DEFRA has placed a ban on burning heather and grass on deep peat to improve air quality for local communities
The Country Land and Business Association has found that 80% of farmers 'worry for survival' as a result of the family farm inheritance tax
The CLA has strongly criticised the UK government’s impact assessment of changes to inheritance tax published this week
The Country Land and Business Association and several high-profile nature groups have joined forces to warn against cutting the ag budget
A survey by CLA of its members about the closure of the SFI, found that just 4.5% of its members were content they had achieved
The National Farmers Union (NFU) has called for increased UK food security following the Spring Statement by chancellor Rachel Reeves.
Today (Tuesday, March 25) the home office announced £800 thousand in funding to combat rural and wildlife crime.
Uncertainty over tax is one of the most "pressing challenges" facing family farms according to the Country Land and Business Association.
The CLA has said it has "powerful rationale" for increasing the agriculture budget to £3.8 billion a year by 2027/28.
The abolition of the furnished holiday lettings (FHL) tax regime will punish local economies, according to CLA.
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