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  • Clarkson says farmers can overcome 'anti-farming' Government
    Dec 15 2025

    Farming in Five: Yellow Wellies chair James Chapman steps down from board, Clarkson says farmers can overcome 'anti-farming' Government, consumers warned to 'beware' following EU recall of Brazilian beef and abstaining from IHT vote sent Gov 'powerful message' to rethink policy, Labour MP says.


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  • Farmers take part in charity tractor run in 'Clarkson county'
    Dec 12 2025

    Farming in Five: Farmers take part in a tractor run in 'Clarkson county' aiming to raise £100k for charity, there is 'no excuse' for unfair Northern Irish lamb price, hundreds of churches are at risk of closure in farming communities over the next five years and milk processors are urged to act responsibly towards farmers.

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  • Starmer summoned to Liaison Committee for likely questioning on IHT
    Dec 11 2025

    Farming in Five: Nearly three quarters of rural residents believe politicians do not understand the needs of the countryside, the transport Committee welcomes future support for rural bus services, the supply chain fairness review has been announced for the combinable crops sector and Keir Starmer has been summoned to Liaison Committee for likely pre-Christmas questioning on IHT.

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  • Spanish lab could be source of ASF outbreak
    Dec 10 2025

    Farming in Five: A Spanish laboratory could be the source of ASF outbreak, there is pressure on Defra to phase out farrowing crates in upcoming Animal Welfare Strategy and record November rainfall has brought relief for drought-hit farmers.

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  • Call for rethink after 10,000 rural road deaths this decade
    Dec 9 2025

    NFU Mutual have called for drivers to take a rural road awareness course after it was revealed almost 10,000 people have been killed on countryside roads since 2015, there will be no cattle classes held at the Royal Ulster Winter Fair due to bluetongue and Red Tractor has unveiled a comprehensive review of its standards as part of what it says is its commitment to deliver a positive change for UK farmers and growers.

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  • Opportunity in the new year to defeat Inheritance Tax changes
    Dec 8 2025

    Liberal Democrat MP Tim Farron praises neighbouring MP Markus Campbell-Savours and says there is an opportunity in the new year to genuinely defeat the family farm tax. In the dairy sector, there are no green shoots of recovery yet for milk prices with warnings it could take several months and livestock worrying legislation will soon become law.

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  • Labour penalise MP for voting against IHT
    Dec 5 2025

    Farming in Five: Labour remove whip from MP for voting against the family farm tax, 82,000 schoolchildren learn about farming's crucial role at Christmas, NFUS says IHT has left elderly and terminally ill farmers facing an 'intolerable and inhumane dilemma' and Northern Irish sheep sector awaits full trade details after bluetongue confirmation.

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  • Few Labour MP's rebelled against Gov's IHT changes
    Dec 4 2025

    Farming in Five: The BBC removed a 'misleading' pig farming clip after a formal complaint, Wales is to develop a regional diagnostic centre, a minority of Labour MPs backed farmers by rebelling against Gov's Autumn Budget IHT changes and new research reveals badgers are major predators of red-listed waders.

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