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Farmers and rural businesses are rightly up in arms following the Budget, in which valuable Inheritance Tax reliefs for agricultural and business assets were decimated

In response to Chancellor Rachel Reeves' Budget which has left many small family farms feeling uncertain about their future, national agricultural publication Farmers Guardian has launched a new campaign to back Britain's family farms

The group has warned the changes could ‘change family farming as we know it’

Rural accountant Old Mill has suggested practical steps farmers can take

AHDB economics and analysis director David Eudall warned the industry was at a 'tipping point of how effective the Budget can be' in balancing food security, supporting farm efficiency, and delivering environmental benefits

This week from Farmers Guardian editor Olivia Midgley

Accountant Rob Hitch, of Dodd and Co, discusses the impact of the Chancellor's Budget on farmers

The Government said there also been a long-term trend in the decline of cattle numbers

James farms Dairy Shorthorns east of Kendal, Cumbria, with his parents Kathleen and Henry, wife Michelle and sons Robert and Chris. The fifth generation to farm at Strickley, he is also vice-chair of the Nature Friendly Farming Network