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Last week's Budget has brought succession and the transition of family assets to the forefront of everyone's minds, with considerable fear of potential Capital Gains Tax and Inheritance Tax bills

Baroness Kate Rock is hopeful that newly elected Labour MPs in rural constituencies are already talking sensibly about finding a way forward to protect farms from ‘oblivion’

The farming industry will be taking part in the annual Lord Mayor's Show this weekend to say thank you to the British public for their overwhelming support, particularly in recent weeks with ‘more than 150,000 people signing' the NFU campaign to overturn the ‘family farm tax'

Dorset organic dairy farmer Sophie Gregory said she wished the report had focused more on the 'link between farming and food' and the need for food and farming on the national curriculum

The letter called on Peter Kyle, Secretary of State for Science, Innovation, and Technology, to confirm £5 billion is still allocated to 'Project Gigabit'

This is a joint role between the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and Defra

The Government confirmed 43,000 temporary seasonal worker visas would be available for horticulture in 2025 – which is 2,000 fewer than was available in 2024

Ahead of next week's parliament-defining budget, speculation has been mounting about whether the Government will scrap or cap agricultural property relief (APR) and business property relief (BPR)

It is part of a package of measures announced by the Government, which Defra said would provide ‘certainty' for the horticulture and poultry sector

The TB24c licence will authorise the general movement of bovine animals to a licensed slaughterhouse, allowing bTB-restricted keepers to send cattle either directly or through an approved bTB slaughter gathering to an approved slaughterhouse in England and Wales