(Part 2) Last year before the election Sir Keir Starmer came and spoke to farmers. Here is a video of his broken promises and the 5 ways the Labour Party are killing off British agriculture.

My Worcestershire black pear given to me at the NFUWorcestershire AGM in 2023 is in flower and looking beautiful. Might get some fruit this year 🍐 🍐? How is yours looking minette batters ?

You couldn’t make it up. This government has just ordered £700 million worth of coking coal from Japan—dragged halfway round the world on smoke-belching ships—while bragging about their green credentials. Meanwhile, they scrapped plans for a West Cumbria mine that would’ve

What a night for a ride over the farm in a hot air balloon! Thankyou RABI - the farmers charity . So grateful to have won this in the NFUWorcestershire charity auction. 😍😍😍

“I have a brilliant net zero plan. We are surrounded by natural energy resources, but let’s ignore that and buy £40 billion of oil and gas from Norway, which comes from the same sea that we share with them. Let’s spend £11.6 billion on overseas climate aid. Let’s spaff away £30bn

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Some frightening statistics from @nfumutual on the fatalities on UK Farms NFUWorcestershire Emma Hamer🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇬🇧🐞🌱🍓🍏🍾🥂🏉🚜

It was good to be invited to Wychavon civic service today. Good to meet some of the newly elected Councillors at Worcestershire County Council. NFUWorcestershire looks forward to working with them.

Is this an Asian hornet? Getting on for 2 inches long and making a ferocious buzzing. Am I supposed to post the sighting somewhere?🐝🐝

Since just after the #FamilyFarmTax was announced I've been urging the Government to consult on changing the poorly though through measures. The proposed changes mean: - Wealthy couples buying a few acres to avoid £2m of tax between a couple are not caught; - Ultra-wealthy

Powerful report published today by a committee of (majority Labour) MPs, recommending the Government delay the IHT changes and consult on improvements which must “Prevent APR and BPR being used to avoid inheritance tax while allowing farms to be passed between generations

The EFRA Committee report recommends (para 50) that the Government should delay their IHT proposals for 12 months and in that time consult on better methods that prevent avoidance but allow the family farm to be passed on intact. The current proposal risks crippling or

It's worth noting that the key thing here isn't the delay being proposed, though that would be gratefully received. What is needed is for the Gov't to set out terms of reference for a consultation that raises revenue while reducing avoidance and protecting family businesses.

Dear Keir Starmer I have, along with many farmers, felt out of sorts, poorly, exhausted, since Rachel Reeves budget in October. We are desperate, We do our day job feeding people then we lobby at night, this isn’t sustainable and has a huge effect on our #mentalhealth

Great line up of speakers tonight at the G Herbert Banks LLP inaugural seminar -Seeds of Growth- Investing amid Uncertainty. Huge thanks to the speakers for a very interesting and thought provoking discussions.

"We all want to farm sustainably, but how can we do that without a budget?" ICYMI📺| NFU Midlands regional board chair Jane Bassett was on BBC Countryfile, explaining how SFI funding could have helped realise her environmental ambitions. Watch at 19:25 👉ow.ly/mAbn50VZlCv

Reeves inheritance tax raid to cost ‘staggering’ 200,000 jobs says ⁦CBI⁩ report. Farming hardest hit but hospitality and tourism also caught. Net cost to Treasury will wipe out any tax gain cityam.com/reeves-inherit…

Could you be a Farmers4Schools ambassador? We have a training day on 27th October at NFUWorcestershire DM me for more details or sign up via this link ⤵️⤵️⤵️⤵️ nfuonline.com/updates-and-in…

If you are heading to the Wynnstay Group Arable Event please come and say Hello to the NFU Midlands NFU Combinable Crops. Board members will be on hand to answer questions and share their strategy for the sector. BASIS Reg Ltd and National Register of Sprayer Operators points available too.

“Let’s ban new oil and gas licences in the North Sea but spaff away £40billion buying North Sea oil and gas from Norway. Let’s buy coking coal shipments worth £7.2million from Japan but ban UK coal mining. Let’s plaster thousands of acres of farmland with solar panels but spend