A survey by law firm Shakespeare Martineau found out of 250 agricultural and small businesses, almost a quarter (22%) have identified the need to diversify their operations for business survival
Description: In today's Farming in Five, Chief Reporter Rachael Brown reflects on calls from the British Society of Animal Science to consider the ‘social licence’ aspect in the adoption of methane reducing feed additive Bovaer here in the UK. She reports on a young farmer who brought her heifer calf to Westminster to hand deliver a petition to Government over concerns with Inheritance Tax proposals
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NFU senior countryside adviser, Claire Robinson said farmers had engaged with stewardship Capital Grants which support environmental delivery, ‘to only find the application window is suddenly closed for a review'
NSA chief executive Phil Stocker said there are sheep farmers who have 'wholeheartedly thrown themselves into the SFI pilot', whose agreements have now ended with no certainty over continuation into SFI and fears over budget cutbacks
Results from the Groceries Code Adjudicator's 2024 annual survey showed an 'improvement in treatment of suppliers'
If there was a situation where carbon emissions were being reduced from UK meat, but higher carbon products were continuing to be imported, businessman Henry Dimbleby said a carbon border tax would be ‘theoretically' right, but questioned how it could be done legislatively
Mr Bradshaw is expected to say: "I do not think I have ever seen the industry this angry, this disillusioned and this upset. And given what we have had to be angry about in recent years that is saying something"
The appointment of AHDB chair is a Ministerial public appointment with a salary of £58,000 per annum
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