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Farmers across the UK are staging go-slow protests today to draw attention to the disastrous family farm tax, which is set to affect them from April 2026 if no changes are made in this Budget.

Around 100 tractors are taking part in the Day of Unity in Suffolk, demonstrating farmers’ frustration with proposed changes to the inheritance tax ahead of this Wednesday’s Autumn Budget.

NFU Cymru has called on the Welsh Government to find a solution to the serious impact that the 182-day threshold for self-catering accommodation is having on diversified farm businesses.

A new movement, Fairer Family Farming, has been launched by working family farmers across the UK to challenge recent government changes to inheritance tax that threaten the future of Britain’s farming communities. 

Suffolk Constabulary has released a detailed plan for Monday’s Day of Unity, which will see a convoy of tractors driving through the county. 

The cost of farm fires was estimated at about £102 million in 2024, NFU Mutual’s new Farm Fires report has revealed.

Farmers from across East Anglia will take part in a tractor run on the A14 next week as part of the nationwide Day of Unity. 

With inflation now falling overall but food prices rising according to the latest figures, environment secretary Emma Reynolds promised to set out further steps from the government to help drive down food costs.

The Country Land and Business Association (CLA) has announced the appointment of Gavin Lane as its new president. 

More than 100 businesses, retailers and trade bodies across the food and farming supply chain have written to the prime minister urging him to “do the right thing” and rethink planned changes to the inheritance tax.

A cow and a slurry tanker made an unexpected appearance in Central London yesterday, as British farmers gathered to mark the anniversary of last year’s major farming rally.

Almost half of farmers surveyed by NFU Mutual have not yet planned how they will hand over farms to the next generation, despite proposed changes to inheritance tax taking effect in less than six months’ time.