Tractors parked on Whitehall during a protest by farmers in Westminster, London, over the changes to inheritance tax (IHT) rules in the recent budget (Image: Stefan Rousseau)
DEAR EDITOR,
‘Don’t mention the ‘F’ word’
Following yet another year’s poor harvest, together with the uproar caused by the Government’s latest plans re inheritance tax, farmers seem to be getting a large amount of press coverage and air-time – and maybe quite rightly so.
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I regularly wake up at 5.30 am and put on BBC Radio 4 to listen to the Farming programme.
Again and again I hear the poor old farmers bleating about their unfortunate plight.
Where is our industry, i.e. UK forestry? Time and time again we don’t seem to have a voice; for some, we could be their salvation. For God’s sake, do not mention the ‘F’ word!!!
Kind regards
Andy Chalmers
Managing Director, Melcourt Industries
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