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Environment Secretary Steve Reed apologises to farmers for tax ‘shock’ | UK News
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Environment Secretary Steve Reed has apologised for the “shock” suffered by farmers after the government upped taxes on farms. Ministers are battling backlash from farmers over various measures announced in last year’s budget, including introducing inheritance tax for agricultural businesses worth more than £1m, and a faster phaseout of EU-era subsidies in favour of environmental…
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Controversial tree planting targets for farmers scrapped in Welsh government U-turn | UK News
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Controversial tree planting targets for farms in Wales have been scrapped. The requirement for farmers to have 10% of their land under tree cover in return for government funding has been dropped by the Welsh government after discussions with farming unions. But the requirement for farmers to operate at least 10% of their farm as…
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Anxious time for farmers forced to use winter stores in drought | Science & Tech News
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David Exwood is happy with his crop of oats. Like other cereals, they’ve benefitted from rain in the earlier part of the year and then the heatwave ripened the crop and dried it out before harvesting. But it’s still an anxious time. Not just because combining his crop on flinty soil brings the risk of…