1. READ NOW: Inheritance tax could 'devastate' future of family farms
Following the omission of Inheritance tax in Labour's manifesto, Farming Minister Sir Mark Spencer has insisted potential tax increases on farm businesses could be a 'disaster' for food security.
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2. READ NOW:听Chris Packham tells farmers to rewild and stop farming 'unsustainably' ahead of General Election nature protest
Chris Packham and a host of celebrities protested to restore nature at Parliament Square in London on Saturday (June 22). They have called out 'unsustainable' farming practices as a reason for 'choking land'. Chris Packham has suggested the answer to nature restoration is to rewild and end unsustainable farming practices.
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3. READ NOW:听Historic farming business continues to evolve on the Isle of Islay
This historic farm on the most southern Scottish Hebridean island Islay now stocks 300 registered Luing cows, 60 Sim-Luing bulling heifers and 1,200 North Type Blackfaces run on the hill and bred pure.听
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4. READ NOW:听ROYAL HIGHLAND SHOW: Holstein leads dairy rings
Following the conclusion of this year's Royal Highland Show, read about the crowds who flocked to the dairy rings where the Holstein was crowned supreme champion.
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5. READ NOW:听John Deere launches new 6M Series
Cereals 2024 provided the first public showing of the new 6M series from John Deere, ahead of its global launch at the end of June.听
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6. READ NOW:听From the editor: Sheep turn their backs on Prime Minister, but have rural voters?
Following the PM's visit to a farm in Devon last week, FG Editor Olivia Midgley questions which parties are serious about farming and addresses the ongoing bovine TB divide in the Labour and Conservative manifestos.听
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