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Tax change threatens future of family farms | The Scottish Farmer
7 hours ago · The future of family farms is at risk under new Labour tax rules (Image: web) The gauntlet has been thrown down to the farming lobby to retaliate following last week’s bombshell budget, which delivered a frontal assault on farming livelihoods. The spotlight is firmly on the family farm tax, and it’s now or never for the industry to stand up ...
Labour cuts to farm funding hurt Scottish economy
18 hours ago · Instead, Labour’s Brexit Britain approach to farming is worse than before. The removal of ring fencing and Barnetising the funding was always one of the biggest fears from the day after the Brexit vote, and the Labour party have done it. Scotland has traditionally, and rightly, seen a bigger than population share of the funding for ...
Time to ensure positive changes in farming wellbeing
7 hours ago · When we started looking at bringing Farmstrong to Scotland back in early 2019 one of our drivers was that we felt that major change in terms of a revamp of our support payments was just round the corner. We knew from our discussions with our kiwi counterparts and their annual survey, that improved wellbeing enabled farmers in New Zealand to ...
Red meat sales increase despite lack of sunshine
12 hours ago · Despite the lack of summer sunshine and opportunities to barbecue, new figures reveal total meat, fish and poultry sales (MFP) are up on the year. With the cost of living crisis easing slightly, new figures from Kantar Research and AHDB show that while the price of MFP increased by 1.9% on the year this summer, the value and amount sold rose by ...
Tax changes risk 'devastating' impact on family farms
18 hours ago · Jeremy Moody, secretary and advisor at CAAV, has highlighted the additional strain these tax reforms may pose to farmers. Mr Moody highlighted the financial strain these tax changes will place on farmers and landowners, noting that a farm valued at £4m could face up to £600,000 in tax liability, a potentially crippling investment that could ...
New survey seeking up to date picture of wellbeing
2 days ago · The wellbeing initiative is a peer-to-peer led programme and was launched at the Royal Highland Show in 2023. It exists to help farmers, crofters, and their families cope with the ups and downs of farming and crofting by sharing things they can do to look after themselves and the people in their business. Director at Scotinform, Helen Duncan ...
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Weather affects Scotland’s 2024 harvest outcomes
Oct 14, 2024 · The average yields so far based on NFUS survey responses: Spring barley – 6.29 tonnes per hectare (t/ha) Winter barley – 7.26 t/ha. Winter wheat – 8.51 t/ha. Spring oats – 6.96 t/ha. Oilseed rape – 3.45 t/ha. Rye – 7.0 t/ha. The 2023 Scottish harvest faced mixed results due to challenging weather, with crops like wheat and barley ...
Scotland slashed agriculture emissions by 11.9% since 1990
Jun 21, 2024 · Scotland’s agriculture emissions fell by 11.9%, equivalent to one million tonne of carbon dioxide (1.0 MtCO2e), between 1990 and 2022. The agriculture emissions figure featured in the Scottish Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Statistics 2022 published on Tuesday, June 18. Between 1990 and 2022, there was a 50.1% reduction in estimated net emissions in ...