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Nov 13, 20245 min read
Farm Inheritance Tax - Not Just Land
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...
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Nov 11, 202414 min read
Spalding Sugar Beet Factory
Modern sugar production from sugar beet owes its origins in the Prussian Empire of 1801 which saw the first beet sugar factory opened in...
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Oct 21, 20248 min read
The evolution of Spalding's Markets - Meat National Supply vs. Local Supply
The railway opened up markets across the country and it is no accident that we see railway sidings close to many livestock markets in...
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Aug 22, 20249 min read
Sidebar - 1876 Harvest Past - A Lesson from History?
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...
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Aug 15, 20244 min read
Sidebar – The Importance of Rare Breeds……. And their farmers.
The value of both rare breeds and those maintaining them is vastly underappreciated to the detriment of our food security.
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