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Letters: How can the Government claim to be aligned with a greener economy, only to turn its back on the very farmers who are driving sustainability?

Letters: How can the Government claim to be aligned with a greener economy, only to turn its back on the very farmers who are driving sustainability?

This week sheep farmer and founder of rural education petition Olivia Shave reflects on this week's decision from Defra, to halt 2024 Sustainable Farming Incentive applications

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clock 14 March 2025 • 1 min read
Politics

From the editor: How many chances will farmers give Sir Keir Starmer and his Cabinet as they blunder on with their botched approach to agricultural policy?

clock 13 March 2025 • 3 min read
Politics

Andy Cato: "Drones and missiles will not protect us if there is no bread"

clock 13 March 2025 • 3 min read
Shows & Sales

View from the rostrum: Stephen Dodsworth - Prices are high, moods are low.

clock 13 March 2025 • 4 min read
Politics

Alistair Carmichael: "80 years of Government interference in the food market has hard-wired unfairness into it. It is Britain's farmers who have lost out as a result"

clock 12 March 2025 • 3 min read
Young Farmer Focus

Young Farmer Focus - James Scott: "We can never have enough influencers sharing their experiences of farming"

clock 12 March 2025 • 2 min read
Politics

Peter Fox: "APR has been retained by past Governments of all colours, so what has changed?"

clock 10 March 2025 • 5 min read
Roger Nicholson: "With 68 million people to feed, it is important that our Government understands its responsibilities and prioritises a productive agricultural industry at home"

In your field

Roger Nicholson: "With 68 million people to feed, it is important that our Government understands its responsibilities and prioritises a productive agricultural industry at home"

Roger farms with his family at Cannon Hall Farm, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, and has appeared in various TV series, including 'Springtime on the Farm'

clock 09 March 2025 • 3 min read
Andrew RT Davies: "The rural industry has refused to roll over and become a casualty in Labour's class war"

Politics

Andrew RT Davies: "The rural industry has refused to roll over and become a casualty in Labour's class war"

Mr Davies, a farmer and former leader of the Welsh Conservatives, writes about why Labour introduced Inheritance Tax changes on farmers, the strength and togetherness of the community in standing up to the changes, and why it needs to be reversed

clock 07 March 2025 • 3 min read
OPINION: "Thankfully testing confirmed it was not foot-and-mouth disease"

Livestock

OPINION: "Thankfully testing confirmed it was not foot-and-mouth disease"

Íæż½ã½ã livestock editor Katie Jones reflects on the reaction to the suspected case of foot-and-mouth at Exeter Livestcock Centre

clock 07 March 2025 • 1 min read