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Farming is one of the deadliest industries and every year, hardworking farmers lose their lives, limbs, and livelihoods to preventable accidents. Tractor rollovers, slurry tank tragedies, machinery mishaps. These aren’t just statistics; they’re shattered families, lost futures, and empty chairs at the dinner table.

Almost a quarter of farming business owners have identified the need to diversify their operations to ensure survival following Autumn Budget announcements, research by Shakespeare Martineau has revealed.

While shoppers can currently enjoy discounts on Christmas vegetable staples in some supermarkets, Farmers Guide has asked the NFU about the consequences of those price cuts on British farmers.

Small businesses across the UK have been facing many financial challenges in 2024, including fraud and scams, the Financial Ombudsman Service has revealed. 

Campaigner Save British Farming has launched a Christmas appeal asking children to write a letter to Sir Keir Starmer as well as Santa about their wishes for British farming in the New Year. 

Frontier Agriculture has partnered with Esri UK to create advanced geospatial solutions for the UK farming industry.

A group of trade associations has called for a formal consultation, warning chancellor Rachel Reeves that changes to BPR and APR will starve their members and the economy of investment, leading to forced, premature business sales and resulting in job losses right across the country. 

Eddie Stobart, who started an agriculture business in the 40s, which later developed into one of Britain’s largest haulage firms, has died.

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.