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Andrew Connon has been elected the new president of NFU Scotland. The vice-presidential posts go to Duncan Macalister and Robert Neill.

Farmers from around the UK are taking part in a tractor rally in London today, demanding the government to rethink Budget proposals that threaten the future of British farming. 

Currently, British farmers are facing mounting challenges, many of which are causing financial strain. More and more are therefore seeking innovative solutions to strengthen their financial resilience.

Farming campaigners raised concerns that the government may back away from the pledge to serve British-grown food in schools and hospitals in the scramble for spending cuts.

On Monday, 10th February, British farmers will take to the streets of London to protest against the government’s plans to cap vital inheritance tax reliefs. Here is what you should know ahead of the event.

Farmers have been encouraged to take part in a display of tractors and pre-loved farm toys outside the NFU annual conference later this month.

The food manufacturing industry, which contributes £162 billion to the economy and supports over 4.5 million jobs, has joined forces like never before to urge the Treasury to rethink changes to inheritance tax announced at the Budget.  

The father of a three-year-old boy who died after being struck by a telehandler on a Tottington farm has been cleared of manslaughter.

UK Ag Finance has shared a story about how the specialist helped a young farmer through a generational transfer with an agricultural loan.

Supporters of Britain’s farmers are urging fast-food giant McDonald’s to join the industry in demanding that Rachel Reeves rethinks her controversial inheritance tax changes on family farms.

Almost 50 MPs from across England, Scotland and Wales have signed a letter addressed to the CEOs of the UK’s six largest supermarkets, calling out their unfair practices that are harming farmers. 

Griffith Elder has introduced its Mass-Tel range of ISObus load cells and weighing systems last month during LAMMA 2025.