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18 November 2024
Since the budget was released there has been considerable headlines given to the implications of the changes on inheritance tax. These are far-reaching and complex, and it is difficult to provide a single impact assessment given the complexity of farm business ownership models.
4 November 2024
SFI uptake data published in May quelled fears that large amounts of productive land are being entered into the scheme. Defra has since released further information on SFI uptake which reveals higher SFI uptake but no major shifts.
1 November 2024
The Budget was announced on 30th October 2024. Following this, Defra released more details on what this means for farmers. As part of this, information has been released on delinked payments in 2025.
16 October 2024
Consumer price Inflation, (CPI) dropped to 1.7% in September according to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), down from 2.2% in August 2024, and well below its recent peak of 11.1% in October 2022.
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2 October 2024
Insights into how farm input costs have increased over the past five years.
14 October 2024
As we approach the first budget of the newly elected government, we examine how farming costs have changed in line with inflation and what this means for the agricultural budget in real terms going forward.
30 August 2024
Based on the 1996 World Food Summit, food security is defined when all people, at all times, have physical and economic access to sufficient safe and nutritious food that meets their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life.
13 August 2024
I last wrote about exchange rates in June, when Macron’s snap election had caused the Euro to slide in value. Since then, much has happened.
24 July 2024
On 14 May, the second Farm to Fork Summit was held at Downing Street and the first UK Food Security Index was published.
12 June 2024
On Sunday night Emmanuel Macron took the international community by surprise and announced a snap election in France. That decision came after the far right surged in France's European vote - the National Rally won more than double the votes of Macron's centrist alliance.
11 July 2024
Defra has released further information on the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) today (21 May 2024), revealing an 'expanded and improved offer'.
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21 May 2024
Despite some unease regarding the amount of farming land entered into the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI), recent SFI uptake statistics suggest that this should not be a big concern.