A Shropshire-based poultry professional is to present the findings of research at the 2024 Nuffield Farming Conference in Belfast [https://www.nuffieldscholar.org/belfast2024].
Farming is often romanticised as a peaceful and fulfilling way of life, but the reality for many farmers is far more complex.
Maintaining healthy hooves is essential to cattle welfare and farm profitability, especially during winter housing when cattle are on hard surfaces for extended periods.
As always, it has been another busy few months for Shropshire Young Farmers.
Landowners and farming tenants are advised to take note of the recently published Agricultural Landlord and Tenant Code of Practice for England (the code), which aims to improve the tenanted farming sector for both landlords and tenants.
The British Grassland Society recently celebrated our annual Awards Evening.
A difficult season for maize may have prompted growers to consider different attributes when it comes to their 2025 variety selection. And demand for robust, early varieties will be high, so producers should order without delay.
NFU Cymru and the NFU have organised a mass lobby of MPs in response to the UK Government’s misguided and ill-thought-out proposed reforms to Agricultural Property Relief (APR) and Business Property Relief (BPR), which will have a devastating impact on Welsh family farms.
Save the Wye campaigners attending The March for Clean Water called for strong action
Shropshire farmers are being urged to seek expert advice following “disastrous” Government changes to Inheritance Tax announced in the Budget, which are feared will cripple family farms and stop them being handed down to the next generation.
A drive through the countryside will reveal a raft of changes compared to that of the 20th century landscape.
Davis Meade Property Consultants are currently involved with a very high number of active applications for succession to Agricultural Holdings Act (AHA) tenancy agreements, on behalf of both prospective tenants (applicants) and landlords.
Wales’ farming unions say budget changes will lead to lasting damage to Welsh farming and the break-up of family farms.
Under changes announced in the Budget, farms worth more than £1 million will be liable for inheritance tax.
A generation of farming families could be facing uncertain futures and heavy bills after the Government made swinging changes to rules over inheritance tax in the Budget.
