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Farmland values remain stable, despite headwinds
1 day ago · The farmland market is stable despite the triple whammy of challenging weather, deeper-than-expected cuts to subsidy payments and changes to the inheritance tax regime. Head of estates and farm agency for Strutt & Parker, Sam Holt says: “2024 was certainly an eventful year for the farmland market ...
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Inheritance tax overhaul threatens family farms, say industry leaders at LAMMA
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Weather affects Scotland’s 2024 harvest outcomes
Oct 14, 2024 · The 2023 Scottish harvest faced mixed results due to challenging weather, with crops like wheat and barley fluctuating in yield, NFUS survey reveals.
Government needs to focus on protecting family farms
Dec 23, 2024 · There is a wealth of knowledge that has now been brought into the public debate on these tax changes. Whether it is the loopholes which mean that the super-rich will still see farmland as a useful vehicle for tax avoidance, continuing to drive up the price of land and driving out genuine farmers, or the poorly-thought-through reworking of HMRC advice which means that agricultural property may ...
Defra report shows third-lowest UK harvest in 40 years
Dec 20, 2024 · MORE NEWS | Millers of Speyside to end private kill services MORE NEWS | Risk of red meat supply gaps in 2025 According to Defra, all major cereal crops and oilseed rape experienced lower yields in 2024 compared to 2023, with the exception of …
but no record yields - The Scottish Farmer
Sep 17, 2021 · Read more: Warm weather brings with it an earlier harvest A rise in input costs has pinched the industry with growers being hit by a hike in fertiliser and diesel prices but also delays in transporting grain, due to lorry diver shortages.
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UK was ‘seven meals from anarchy’ during Covid, says former farmers’ leader