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...

Modern sugar production from sugar beet owes its origins in the Prussian Empire of 1801 which saw the first beet sugar factory opened in...

Every so often I share some writing that did not make the cut of Marsh Fen and Town. In this case  I look at land use, how agricultural...

Improvements in the living conditions of farm labourers were slow and largely depended upon the willingness and abilities of the larger...

Agricultural Labour - increased mobility and increased concern over child labour and the employment of women. The increased mobility of...

In May 2019 a meter high statue was unveiled in Hall Place, Spalding commemorating the times when Spalding had a May Hiring Fair where...

Every so often I will publish material that did not  make the script of “Marsh Fen and Town”. The following published in 1801 [i] is an...

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 1986 I was sat in Spalding Gentlemen’s Society when the then President of the Society, Bob Whiston told me that when he was a child...

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

A society that divorces the needs of the environment, the economy and people should be of concern to all.

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...

I recently read a tweet that expressed the fear that every farmer feels this time of year: " Just totted up what we've spent on the...

Every person that has well run personal or business finances works to a budget of various simplicity or complexity. Whether it be how...

INTRODUCTION This guide is designed primarily for UK arable farmers but can be applied to others especially those businesses with a...

In the graveyard at Gedney Hill churchyard is a modest gravestone that due to the ravages of time and growth of moss cannot quite be...

The “Dutch N” case and the “Urgenda” case are compelling the Dutch government to seek massive reductions of greenhouse gases by 2040 and...