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The father of a three-year-old boy who died after being struck by a telehandler on a Tottington farm has been cleared of manslaughter.

UK Ag Finance has shared a story about how the specialist helped a young farmer through a generational transfer with an agricultural loan.

Supporters of Britain’s farmers are urging fast-food giant McDonald’s to join the industry in demanding that Rachel Reeves rethinks her controversial inheritance tax changes on family farms.

Almost 50 MPs from across England, Scotland and Wales have signed a letter addressed to the CEOs of the UK’s six largest supermarkets, calling out their unfair practices that are harming farmers. 

Griffith Elder has introduced its Mass-Tel range of ISObus load cells and weighing systems last month during LAMMA 2025. 

Richard Walker, the managing director of Iceland and Labour Party supporter, has spoken out against Rachel Reeves’s inheritance tax raid on farmers, breaking with the party after previously supporting its Budget.

Over 100 tractors are taking part in the farmers’ rally on the A14 in Suffolk today.

Flour miller Ollie Stoate knows the benefits of harnessing natural energy. The River Sturkel has been powering the site of his family’s business for over 1,000 years. Now he’s making the future even more efficient – thanks to renewable energy technology, a green grant and an innovative finance deal that may cost him nothing.

Farmers have been asked to share their views on the land use framework, as Defra secretary Steve Reed launches a 12-week consultation.

“We have to focus on policy, not politics,” said the NFU president Tom Bradshaw during the meeting with farmers from across East Anglia which took place earlier today. 

Over £2 million have been invested in scientific research to help prevent food shortages that could potentially trigger civil unrest in the UK.

Farmers have been warned that a little-known deadly gas emitted by slurry, even in open spaces, is responsible for fatalities in farming every year.