Dominic Elsworth

Farmer

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@farmfriendlincs Where would they stand 15-25 years into their careers?

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@herdyshepherd1 Future directorships and advisory roles. Small businesses/farmers cannot offer this. A full fat US trade agreement is on the way.

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@herdyshepherd1 You need to add opening the UK to US agricultural exports to the list. It will be so easy for this government to explain away.

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@herdyshepherd1 The reaction to lower income won't necessarily be intensification. Historically it has been extensification - letting arable land "go to grass" and land abandonment. All we know now is that farm incomes have been slashed for a second time in a few months with no notice.

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@AW_ARobinson Our local MP (North Northumberland) has been quite easy to get meetings with. He's hasn't strayed from the party line.....yet. We need to explain the devastating effect of BPR changes to all family businesses. The policy will asset strip Britain's rural economy.

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@FarmingUK Should the countries we export to require UK farmers tp produce to their standards?

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@howemill @duncanmor @PastureForLife Everyone's motivations are different.

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@StuartMaggs There is not a queue of businesses with diversified shareholdings waiting to take the place of family owned businesses. In many cases family businesses are operating at levels of profitability that would not be attractive to a FTSE company.

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@FredVLarsen @AdvancingEcoAg @johnkempf @DLF_Seeds That is disappointing but all too prevalent.

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@FredVLarsen @AdvancingEcoAg @johnkempf @DLF_Seeds Learning geography in school (in the UK in the 1980's) we were taught that Danish farming had adopted the co-operative model. It has served you well (Lurpak is the most popular butter in the UK). It is in the interests of farmers to move their ownership beyond the farm gate.

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@charlottebsmith @BBCRadio4 @agricontract @DanNeidle @ProagriLtd @SteveReedMP Well done.

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@DanPBrown wouldn't the IHT have to be paid after income tax on the profit?

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@hanslope The govt has changed APR/BPR. Govts (successive) have failed to use competition laws to curtail the monopoly powers of supermarkets. When we consider the prevalence of family businesses in rural Britain, the effect of this IHT policy change is going to be disastrous.

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@AW_ARobinson @FarmersGuardian @SteveReedMP When they think that it is in their political interest to do so. We have to explain to rural Labour MPs what the changes mean for farms and rural businesses. If we don't everyone will look back 20 years and ask what happened.

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@ProagriLtd Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen. At some point the Chancellor will show some courage.

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@thomasforth The price of British wool will go up when demand for it does. You could buy a 100% British Wool sweater, or a 100% British Wool jacket or suit. Don't wear wool/nylon blends. They're not recyclable and they're not biodegradable.

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@TorstenBell What do you have to say to the employee who doesn’t have a job because the employer’s capital has been surrendered to the State? This IHT change affects all family businesses and is a hammer blow to the rural economy. You ought to be able to see that.

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@BBCNewsnight Your guest @JakeBerry pointed out that all these businesses benefited from 100% BPR before the budget and have been put in the same perilous position as farmers.

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@cutlerstom The family business is the dominant business arrangement in rural Britain. How can the rural economy withstand having 20% of its capital removed once each generation?