It is ironic that whilst typically being the driest area of the country in terms of rainfall the Fens of South Lincolnshire are also...

Recent events have reminded me of the words of Prime Minister Gladstone to struggling farmers in the 1880's. I will explain this further

In my last post on Inheritance tax I consider the losers and the loss of social structures and care that family businesses provide....

Here I explain the reality of inheritance tax .   In 2007 I was outside my son’s school when I bumped into a local farmer – at least I...

Most farmers consider the statement a lie. Whether it is or not is to be proven. Here I examine a take on inheritance tax that may be a...

“Only the richest estates will pay – not small, family farms.” This is the repeated phrase parroted by the Chancellor and other Labour...

My experience with Inheritance Tax and especially with Farm Inheritance Tax Relief is that it appears to be applied inconsistently and...

In this second  post I will demonstrate how inheritance tax can affect a tenant farmer by referring to a real life example from my past...

In the Chancellor's Autumn budget of 2024 changes were made to Inheritance tax Relief that reduced this relief on the value of both...

Every so often I publish material that did not make the script of “Marsh Fen and Town”. The following is exactly 148 years ago and will...

The value of both rare breeds and those maintaining them is vastly underappreciated to the detriment of our food security.

In this piece I look how drainage of the Fens for agriculture saw the loss of the cranberry in the Lincolnshire Fens.

In the 1930’s Oswald Mosely and his Fascists courted the farmers of East Anglia for their support. Perhaps as you read this you may...

“Twice as much food using half as many resources” was the ambitious aim of Dutch Agriculture. Indeed, you can see it being achieved and...

Today I read a tweet from a farmer on the Lincolnshire Wolds showing his uncultivated field margin with the words, "Great over winter...

I am becoming very tired of all the people shouting about farming having to be sustainable and the countryside having to be managed...

As a teenager going to Spalding Grammar School I would often see our member of Parliament Richard Body walking near his house in Welland...