Farming in Five: Chancellor accused of using Ministers as 'human shields' over IHT, Farmers take fate into their own hands by abandoning SFI, AHDB shares Farm Assurance Review response and next stage of Johnes disease plan is revealed

11/04/2025 4 min Temporada 2 Episodio 71
Farming in Five: Chancellor accused of using Ministers as 'human shields' over IHT, Farmers take fate into their own hands by abandoning SFI, AHDB shares Farm Assurance Review response and next stage of Johnes disease plan is revealed

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Episode Synopsis

In today's Farming in Five, chief reporter Rachael Brown reports on the top stories from this week, including the Chancellor being accused of using Ministers as 'human shields' over Inheritance Tax changes, farmers take fate into their own hands by abandoning their SFI applications early despite waiting for offers to be made by the Government, APHA appoints former police chief as new chief executive, and Baroness Minette Batters asked to lead a review into farm profitability. Next week the latest on Donald Trump's trade tariffs and the impact on agriculture, new details revealed for the next stage of Johnes disease plan, and a petition to get farming on the curriculum aims to get 100k signatures. Your daily update from Farmers Guardian