Farms and Rural Business

If farmers collaborate, such as sharing land, or reduce their activity as they grow older, is their farmhouse eligible for Agricultural Property Relief (APR)? A recent farmhouse case may provide the answer.

There’s a common misconception that where land has the prospect of planning gain, some or all of that gain may be sheltered by a transfer to a third party, even towards the end of the process. 

Farms and Rural Business partner, Bruce Masson, looks at how farmers and land managers can benefit from the Future Farming Resilience Fund support programme.

Our Farms and Rural Business team explains what the Basis Period Reform means for your tax bill.

CJ issues a timely reminder about the importance of reviewing farming and agricultural insurance.

Users of Professional Plant Products must complete a registation for Defra.

Laurie details some of the most important changes from the government agricultural funding announcement in 2022.

We drill down into the Spring Statement 2022 to reveal its impact on the agriculture sector.

Kelly gives a run through of the announcements made in February 2022 on Stewardship and Environmental land management schemes (ELMS) developments.

Steve discusses the latest draft guidance for the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) outgoers scheme for farmers considering retirement.

The ‘Farming Investment Fund’ is due to be launched officially this autumn. Ashley discusses how the fund works and summarises the key points of interest to farmers and landowners.

Laurie Hill discusses The Future Farming Resilience Fund launched earlier in 2021 to support the transition within agriculture.