Good tax policy should avoid cliff edges (ref. Dan Neidle ) or behavioural change kicks in to mitigate it. Is there a better/worse example than this as for some the best tax policy will be to ensure they are not here next April ?

Big day for the Passmore family, Bella, with Vicky the Cow and Vera, pedigree Limousin heifers My debut in the show ring with cow, what could possibly go wrong??!!

#lovecows

Second in beef pairs at Henley Show yesterday with two pedigree Limousin heifers. Getting these cattle to this stage is a huge effort but very special And if you recognise Bella and her calf Vicky….. British Limousin Farmers Guardian

The solitude of the ploughman. Gavin turning under and pressing 130 acres of legume stewardship for wheat on Ewelme Down, South Oxfordshire.

One last crop still in the field here. Will come in in a month’s time. Next crop in this field will be an early generation seed crop of a potential new group 2 wheat KWS Voyage which could be recommended Autumn 2027.

#familyfarmtax

China buys 1.3 million tonnes of Argentine soya beans in two days Food security matters here as we give up on food production, the UK will get battered playing with these boys

I wonder how many fellow passengers waiting on the Cholsey train platform just now enjoyed the grey partridge calling on Ben Ryman’s farm as much as I did ? Not many me thinks. PARTRIDGE network

“The effects of the family farm tax means we will lose the farm. Bear in mind we are the smallest farm locally. We have an inheritance tax liability of £600,000. That’s unsustainable for us.”

How it started and how it’s going. 17 months of love, care and a pallet of milk powder. Now wants to be a vet Larkmead Farm Vets vets. You need to get three James S. Peck !

SFI24 - we are there! Over 4yrs since I started, eventually had a SFI pilot agreement, now 1 of lucky few who since March could apply for full SFI 4+ years but SFI ended before pilot finished Big plus was Janet Hughes pilot farmers won’t be disadvantaged +it was honoured -just!

Grow gold not wheat you silly fools! No wonder farming is broken, growing something no one wants or needs.

Me Billy no mates yesterday. Picture doesn’t do this hill justice, it’s a fair old haul up this one but absolutely perfect conditions to plant wheat this autumn (for a change!)

An interesting idea to try here too? National Farmers' Union

Growing crops just as grim on the other side of the pond at the moment as here. The best cure for low prices is low prices, that’s the saying isn’t it? I hope so just having filled a shed with urea this week

Art of the deal.

Last night we were monitoring birds on a farm. The Pulsar Telos has revolutionised our work and we ringed 19 Skylarks and right at the end we ringed this stunning Golden Plover. They are just the most beautiful wader.

Always happy to help fellow farmers in need. With my mix of machines, animals and people the boot is very often on the other foot! Emptying out a neighbour’s broken sprayer of herbicide so it doesn’t settle out in the tank over night.

Left, out of control sewage discharges in to our rivers today Right, a young lady in London stopped and fined under section 33 of Environment Protection Act 1990 by 3 enforcement officers for pouring the remnants of her coffee cup in a drain Feargal Sharkey