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87-Year-Old Kent Potato Firm Wound Up as Britain Faces Growing Farm Crisis Due to Taxes, Drought and War

John Paine Potatoes Limited, a Kent farm, is closing after 87 years due to financial strain. Rising costs, tax changes, and climate challenges threaten the future of many UK farms.

International Business Times UK

Food shortages could hit supermarkets if no rain in next 10 days in dry areas, say farmers

Water use soars during heatwaves as land, rivers and streams dry up

The Independent UK

Ian McEwan says pessimism ‘a bigger problem than climate change’

Speaking at Hay festival as UK breaks May heat record, author says optimism is a ‘moral duty’

The Guardian - UK

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US-Iran war will cause food prices to spike, NFU chief warns

Farming insiders warn UK producers may end season early and not grow anything due to rising costs

The Independent UK

British fruit and vegetable growers warn of empty supermarket shelves due to Iran war

Supermarket shelves could soon be empty due to soaring energy and transportation costs, fruit and vegetable growers have warned

The Independent UK

UK food prices could spike as fertiliser supplies at risk due to Iran war

National Farmers Union warns against farmers 'becoming collateral damage' in Trump's war on Iran

The Independent UK

Post-Brexit sales of British farm products to EU drop 37%, farmers’ union says

Tom Bradshaw, president of the National Farmers’ Union, warns removing trading barriers will not immediately reverse the damage

The Independent UK

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Post-Brexit sales of British farm products to EU fall by 37%

NFU warn it could take years to restore Brexit losses despite efforts to smooth negotiations on farming and other elements of UK-EU reset

The Guardian - UK

Food sector calls for transition period if UK and EU agree post-Brexit rules reset

Industry groups warn that aligning agriculture standards overnight could cost British businesses up to £810m a year

The Guardian - UK

‘They are going after everything rural’: inheritance tax U-turn does little to dampen farmers’ anger at Labour

At the Oxford farming conference there were signs the government has much to do to win back farmers’ trust

The Guardian - UK

U-turn on inheritance tax for farmers ‘snuck out’ to avoid scrutiny, say Tories

Victoria Atkins says announcement to raise tax threshold from £1m to £2.5m days before Christmas ‘seems very odd’

The Guardian - UK

Tories: Farmers’ personal cost not forgotten despite inheritance tax change

Labour’s watered-down plans will see the relief threshold for farmers raised from £1 million to £2.5 million.

Evening Standard

Labour U-turns on farmer inheritance tax after tractor protests

Ministers on Tuesday announced watered down plans for an inheritance tax increase for farmers, raising the threshold to 100% relief from £1 million to £2.5 million

Evening Standard

Ministers raise inheritance tax threshold for farmers in climbdown after protests

The higher threshold will take effect on April 6.

Evening Standard

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The Independent UK

Labour MP Markus Campbell-Savours suspended after rebelling against Reeves’s tractor tax

Dozens of Labour MPs abstained from the vote in a fresh blow to Rachel Reeves

The Independent UK

Government urged to review farming inheritance tax plans after Commons vote

Backbenchers argued the measure failed to tackle "abuse by the celebrities and the billionaires" who buy farmland to avoid paying a full inheritance tax bill

The Independent UK

Reeves facing fresh pressure to axe farm inheritance tax changes in Budget

The National Farmers’ Union said Ms Reeves ‘cannot keep taxing businesses into the ground’.

Evening Standard

Thousands of farmers facing uncertainty over payments to protect nature

Farmers say they ‘feel abandoned’ and have been left in the dark about whether environmental payments will roll over.

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The Guardian - UK

Farmers ask for inheritance tax meeting with Rachel Reeves

NFU welcomes fresh evidence that planned changes may achieve their stated goal

The Guardian - UK

England’s farmers to get new payments for cleaning up waterways

Environment secretary says Defra will be launching changes to post-Brexit scheme for sustainable farming

The Guardian - UK

Dawn of the drone age: how agri-tech is boosting production and morale

Instagram-inspired gadgets to spread or spray crops are gaining traction on UK farms but require deep pockets

The Independent UK

Activists illegally releasing beavers into wild say they are doing ‘God’s work’

The government approved the release of beavers into the English wild earlier this year, but only for those with a license

The Guardian - UK

Labour cutting farming budget in England by £100m a year, figures shows

Nature and farmers’ groups cautiously welcome spending review as there were fears Treasury wanted bigger cuts

The Guardian - UK

Cheaper imported chicken and beef increasingly seen in UK supermarkets

Grocers turning to Australia, Poland and Uruguay for meat, prompting claim they are undermining British farmers

The Independent UK

Why the US trade deal could come with a long-term health cost for the UK

Critics argue the recent UK-US trade deal could undercut domestic producers, introduce lower standards for food and even compromise public health.

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