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As well as being the third-highest earning property type in 2023, farm stays have generated 13% more gross income than the average property in 2024, says Sykes Holiday Cottages.

The former Conservative government, as well as current Labour leaders, have been criticised for “neglecting British farmers” following the publication of the UK Food Security Report, which revealed that the proportion of food-secure households declined by two percent in the last few years.

A fire that destroyed two barns as well as three tractors on a farm near Totton, Hampshire, is being treated as an arson attack.

Amid ongoing fears about changes to inheritance tax, chartered tax advisers and accounts, Tax Innovations, offers advice on what to do before April 2026.

Suffolk County Council has passed a motion expressing its strong opposition to the changes to Agricultural Property Relief (APR) announced by the Labour government in the Autumn Budget.  

The Business Property Relief Summit, hosted by the organisers of the #SaveFamilyFarms rally in London on 19th November, is set to take place next week. 

AS Communications has announced it is now the UK distributor for precision ag company, Lacos AgSystems GmbH.

Tens of farmers from across East Anglia took part in the tractor protest on the A14 near the Port of Felixstowe, showing their frustration with recent policies but also hoping that the government will come up with a “fair solution” for this hard-working industry. 

As of today, 94% of farmers from Wales have received their full or balance Basic Payment Scheme 2024 payment, the Welsh Government confirmed. 

The UK Food Security Report has found Brexit, food inflation, climate change and global instability are key threats to food security.

Hundreds of farmers took their tractors to London today to attend a protest that aims at highlighting the current threats to British farming.    

Over 50 tractors are taking part in the ‘slow-go’ farming protest in Suffolk today to show their disapproval of the latest governmental policies, including changes to the inheritance tax reliefs.