Change targeted at protecting more farms and businesses. Around 85% of estates claiming agricultural property relief in 2026-27, including those that also claim for business property relief, are ...

It's a lucrative market. With each fig tree producing 100 to 120 kilograms of fruit annually – and this year's farmgate price at 150 Turkish lira (about USD 3.50) per kilo – that's good revenue, says ...

The furore around inheritance tax for business and farm owners since the Government first announced changes in Budget 2024 seems to keep rolling on. On 23 December, the Government announced yet ...

The Government’s decision to increase the inheritance tax (IHT) relief threshold for farmers from £1 million to £2.5 million marks a significant and necessary shift in policy, particularly after ...

Elanco Animal Health UK & Ireland has expanded its pig and poultry team with the appointment of Dr Tom Dutton as an additional technical consultant for poultry, who will work alongside Joshua Davison.

Throughout the year, AHDB, in partnership with Livetec Systems and the National Pig Association (NPA), has hosted vet-led workshops to support ASF preparedness. Mr Sparrey encourages producers to seek ...

Research led by Dr Mia McGowan, of the University's Faculty of Natural Sciences, studied the glasshouse whitefly ( Trialeurodes vaporariorum ), a common sap-feeding insect, and the Encarsia formosa ...

ICSA Sheep chair Willie Shaw has hit out at meat factories for pulling sheep prices in the week before Christmas, despite sheep numbers being significantly tighter. “Sheep throughput this year is down ...

Carter Jonas says it expects farmland demand to stay strong in 2026, but that expectations over the values that can be achieved should remain realistic.

To be launched at LAMMA in January 2026, Techneat Hire manager, Rui Santos, highlights the opportunity to try-before-you-buy some of Techneat’s pioneering developments - such as the Weed Wizard for ...

The first area identified by the TFA is the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) scheme in England. It was closed abruptly in the spring of 2024 because DEFRA lost control of managing the budget.

Grazing helps keep grasslands healthy by stopping them from becoming overgrown and dominated by coarse grasses. This creates better conditions for wildlife such as black grouse, curlew and other ...