Farmers Guardian

Vernon gets it! 👏👏 Discussing changes to Agricultural Property Relief on BBC Radio 2, Vernon Kay emphasised the 'generational' nature of farming and that farmers are globally undervalued. 🇬🇧 --- #Farming #BBCR2 #VernonKay #Agriculture #FarmLife #APR #InheritanceTax

🔵 New Tory leader Kemi Badenoch says the countryside should not be treated as 'a hotel' as she vows to fight for rural voices. "[The countryside] is a place of home and work for millions. This is a fact that all too often Whitehall forgets." Ms Badenoch said she was sympathetic to the needs of farmers who have had to, ‘defend themselves from campaigns of misinformation and bizarre drives to ban meat and dairy'. 🥛 "It is the people in the countryside who know the land best, and so it is you whom I want to hear from on how we protect the countryside." READ MORE 🔗 https://ow.ly/Ju9A50TZqUr --- The Conservative Party #ToryLeadershipContest #Farmers #RuralLife #KemiBadenoch #Countryside

Our 'Save Britain's Family Farms' campaign will showcase what family farms deliver for the nation. 🇬🇧 "Our campaign aims to move the conversation on from Inheritance Tax to a broader debate about how we value our food systems." 🥩 "The common misconception that assets equal wealth needs to be addressed." 📢 'Save Britain's Family Farms' gives a voice to the families at the heart of homegrown food production, concerned about what the future holds for them and the next generation. For full campaign details and how to get involved, head to the link 🔗 https://ow.ly/YiZi50TZBfT --- #Farming #BritishFarming #FamilyFarms #FarmBusiness #Agriculture #Budget #APR #Succession #Countryside

🚨 NFU president Tom Bradshaw said farmers' fury was made clear during emergency Budget talks with Defra. "I have heard about distressed elderly parents who are having to apologise to their children in tears for something that isn't their fault." "Nobody left that room today not knowing how angry the industry is." READ MORE 🔗 https://ow.ly/CXs950TZw2N --- NFU (National Farmers' Union) #Farming #APR #InheritanceTax #AutumnBudget #FarmLife #NFU #Budget

Welsh Mules have been at the centre of a Mid-Wales farm for four generations and continue to thrive. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 "Producing quality Mule ewe lambs is extremely important... we want to produce good conformation and good skin and a clean, sharp head." READ MORE 🔗 https://ow.ly/Lhab50TZltN --- #Farming #Wales #WelshMule #Sheep #FarmLife #Agriculture

Spot on 👏👏 #BackBritishFarming 🇬🇧

Defra Secretary Steve Reed has insisted the Government's commitment to farmers remains, following anger from the farming community over changes to APR in the #AutumnBudget. 🔴 🗣️"We have allocated the biggest ever budget for sustainable food production and nature's recovery in our country's history." READ MORE 🔗 https://ow.ly/jMXL50TYMjf --- #Farming #Budget #SustainableFarming #UKFarming #FoodProduction #Defra

📢"There is still time for the government to accept they have got this wrong." NFU president Tom Bradshaw outlined that a mass lobby of Parliament will take place on November 19 to encourage the Government to 'do the right thing and reverse this awful family farm tax'. 🌾 READ MORE 🔗 https://ow.ly/O0Lz50TYzjg --- NFU (National Farmers' Union) #AutumnBudget #NFU #Farming #Tax #APR #FarmLife #Succession

Defra has announced a much more rapid phasing out of the de-linked Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) payments for farmers in England than was previously expected. 📉 "Most farmers had been expecting a continuation of the existing path to a zero payment by 2028." READ MORE 🔗 https://ow.ly/ULCJ50TYzn8 --- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs #Farming #BPS #Farmers #Agriculture #FarmPayments #News

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Fife farmer David Bell says having interests outside of the farm and 'meeting interesting people with different views' is key. "It is good discipline and makes me work to deadlines before I go away." READ MORE 🔗 https://ow.ly/cGSC50TYzuQ --- #Farming #Scotland #MentalHealthMatters #FarmLife #RuralCommunity #SustainableFarming