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NFU ramps up pressure on the Government to rethink its proposed changes to Inheritance Tax ahead of its Spring Statement in March

57 different businesses across the farming sector have joined forces to urge the Treasury to rethink changes to Inheritance Tax

In today's episode of Farming in Five, chief reporter Rachael Brown discusses criticism of Government's response to foot-and-mouth disease in Germany and concerns raised over checks for illegal meat imports, Riverford Organic founder condemns supermarkets' support of farmers fighting to overturn the family farm tax as a ‘cynical, hypocritical' public relations stunt, and British dairy farmers have significantly reduced the number of pure-bred dairy bull calves being born on farms

51AVÊÓƵRetail Association chair Emma Mosey said the most pressing concerns for their members following the Chancellor's Budget were Inheritance Tax reforms, minimum wage and National Insurance increases

Richard Walker called on the Government to get behind farmers and high streets as the 'bedrock of the country'

In today's Farming in Five, chief reporter Rachael Brown reports on the tractor rally protests by Scottish farmers and crofters over the weekend, after being postponed by Storm Eowyn, the latest milk prices with Arla holding its price for conventional and organic for February, and thirteen dairy producers in the South West have been handed their 12 months' notice by Saputo Dairy UK

Speaking exclusively to Farmers Guardian at LAMMA Show, NFU president Tom Bradshaw added that farmers did not have confidence to invest in the future

This podcast episode covers the latest on Inheritance Tax, what the industry plans to do next, as well as other industry updates including an Avian Influenza Prevention Zone across England, Wales and Scotland, and a ban on new permits for sheep dip disposal in Wales

In today's Farming in Five, chief reporter Rachael Brown reports on farmers' frustration of having to publicly defend the safety and viability of their businesses in light of public concerns around methane suppressors, Wales announces an all-wales avian influenza prevention zone, after it was declared across England and Scotland earlier in the week, and NFU Council members vote in favour of staging a further protest in the capital as part of a drive to halt the family farm tax

The Plaid Cymru MP and tenant dairy farmer Ann Davies said there was 'train of people' in West Wales buying land for trees, carbon offsetting and solar and wind farms