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Farmers and retailers unite in £5m tax relief push for UK food production
Britain’s biggest supermarkets have joined forces with farmers to demand urgent tax reforms, warning that current rules are holding back billions of…
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Major solar farm approved despite productive farmland fears
A major solar farm covering nearly 3,000 acres of Northamptonshire countryside has been approved by the government, despite concerns over its impact…
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England suffers worst cereal and oilseed harvest in over 40 years
England has recorded its smallest combined cereal and oilseed rape harvest in a historical series dating back to 1984, as extreme heat and drought…
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Nine in ten tenant farmers fear struggle to secure extra borrowing
Nine in ten tenant farmers seeking additional finance expect difficulty securing it, as new survey findings reveal mounting cashflow pressures…
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Four in ten farmers consider quitting as uncertainty mounts
More than four in ten British farmers have considered quitting farming as financial pressure, policy uncertainty and increasingly unpredictable…
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Rural campaigners urge controlled burning reform as wildfire risks rise
Farmers and landowners should be given greater freedom to use controlled burning to reduce wildfire risk, rural campaigners have said, after an…
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Clarkson warns farm pressures are 'relentless' after 'terrible' year
British farmers are facing “relentless” pressure from bad weather, rising energy costs, taxation and global instability, Jeremy Clarkson has warned…
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EA and Natural England face axe under Tory deregulation plans
The Conservatives have pledged to abolish the Environment Agency and Natural England and transfer their functions into Defra, in a shake-up that…
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Welsh farmers say mobile mast rent cuts threaten rural signal
Farmers in Wales are warning that deep cuts to mobile mast rents could leave rural communities with worse phone coverage as landowners reconsider…
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Drought-hit farms get October boost for reservoir refilling
Farmers across England are being given more flexibility to refill on-farm reservoirs as drought-hit water supplies remain under severe pressure after…
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