Asset Rich, Cash Poor: Should we really be saying that?

The urban/rural divide is influencing the debate over Inheritance Tax - and the loudest voices don't speak for everyone.

Hedges and Hedge Funders: A Story of Contemporary Land Ownership

With family farms on the verge of being taxed to oblivion, eagle-eyed financiers are sharpening their calculators.

Is this the new age of ‘rural terrorism?

Organised crime gangs running dogs, targeting farms and estates to fund drugs, people trafficking and crime are sweeping the countryside. The violence involved has even shocked police. It's the battle against a new phenomenon - Rural Terrorism.

Is Reeves' Budget Malicious or Stupid, or Both?

The recent budget, seen by many as an attack on farming, is far worse that that: it shows a fundamental failure to understand the economics of land

A Warning from History

Uncle Giles offers some seasonal advice... in terms a chap might understand.

The noisy debate on the nature of 'nature'

While rural life is under existential threat, the new generation of countryside 'experts' are arguing over something that has no answer. It sounds like 1453 all over again.

Keeping your Chickens Happy and Healthy in Winter with Layer Mash

In the colder months, hens need extra help to stay warm, healthy and productive

Arla's Bovaer Backlash: The Truth Behind Dairy's Methane Problem

Why has new additive Bovaer prompted people to throw Arla milk away and caused another food and farming scandal?

The Price of Progress: Upland Farms and Carbon Capitalists

Is Labour's landing an inheritance tax bombshell on farming families at the same time they are being asked to deliver on climate and nature, ineptitude, or is there a cleverer game being played out here?

Storks: A Brand New Generalist Predator. Whether You Want It or Not

White Storks have successfully nested in Britain for the first time in centuries... but is that something that we should celebrate?

Inheritance Tax and Farming: A Personal Perspective Revealed

Are we about to loose growing up on a farm? Growing up on a farm has given me so many great memories, skills and experiences. Are we about to loose that way of life for many of our farms?

Chaos and Mayhem at the World Kökpar Championships

Modern twists on an ancient sport as Russia takes on Kazakhstan in the 2024 World Nomad Games, featuring a surprise appearance from a rubber goat...