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13/06/26 Farming Today This Week
The budget for the scheme which pays England's farmers for environmental work is revealed - but is it enough?With production costs rising following the war in the Middle East, the National Farmers'…
12/06/26 Sustainable Farming Incentive, Cereal farming in Cumbria
The Department for Envrionment Food and Rural Affairs has announced how much money it’s making available to farmers in England through the Sustainable Farming Incentive - or SFI - for 2026. It’s…
10/06/26 New bovine TB strategy for England, cereals
A cattle vaccine to protect livestock from bovine TB could be in use on farms in England by 2030. That's one of the aims outlined in a new strategy for the eradication of bovine TB. The government…
09/06/26 Flood funding, cattle cull, cereals
Somerset's to get an extra £50m investment to help the county deal with flooding. The government is giving the money to the county council who will work in partnership with local drainage boards,…
08/06/26 Brown or white eggs? The outlook for cereal farmers
How do you like your eggs? Brown or white? Sainsbury's has announced it's switching to white eggs for environmental reasons.With high prices for energy and fertiliser but not for their crops, and…
06/06/26 - Farming Today This Week: Dartmoor ponies, water voles and land-based jobs
Dartmoor is famous for its semi-wild hill ponies that roam across the moorland. But concerns have been raised by the Dartmoor Hill Pony Association that new agri-environment schemes will require such…
05/06/26 Dartmoor ponies, upland economics, Open Farm Sunday
Concerns have been raised that new agri-environment schemes will require such a steep drop in the numbers of grazing livestock that 90% of Dartmoor ponies will be lost. We’re talking about upland…
04/06/26 High Court rules the Food Standards Agency overcharged abattoirs, hydropower funding, upland farmer groups
A judgement from the High Court yesterday ruled that the Food Standards Agency has been 'unlawfully' charging abattoirs too much and that it wasn’t transparent enough about what it was charging for. …
03/06/26 EU trade agreement, peat restoration and water voles, Scottish uplands
The government has published fresh guidance for farmers and food businesses to help them prepare for the new sanitary and phytosanitary - or SPS - agreement between the UK and the EU. It's expected…
02/06/26 Rural skills gap, upland farming in Wales, Future Countryside.
A new report says there should be plenty of opportunities for young people to take up training and jobs in land-based work - but there's a 'skills squeeze'. The study by Lantra, a charity which…
01/06/26 Cost of wildfires, methane from sheep, upland farming
The latest analysis of wildfires shows that last year the UK recorded its highest burned area on record, including the country's first documented ‘megafire’ in Scotland, that's a fire which covers…
30/05/26 - Farming Today This Week: pig supply chain problems, hot weather impacts and singing farmers
Its been a record breakingly hot week across much, though not all, of the UK, and that's brought probems for farmers, with crops struggling and livestock at risk of overheating. We ask what more…
29/05/26 Water abstraction, food inflation, local food systems.
Water is a main topic of conversation amongst farmers at the moment - because it's in short supply. Memories of the wet winter have been dried out by the recent hot weather and those growing crops or…
28/05/26 Rural crime, restoring signposts, Welsh food project
A new report shows that the cost of rural crime has fallen. Insurer NFU Mutual paid out £41.5 million in claims in 2025, compared to £44.1 million in 2024. However the theft of quad bikes has risen -…
27/05/26 Heatwave and water shortages - the impact on farming, Scottish farm co-operative.
It’s been unseasonably hot over the last few days across much of the UK. Extreme heat means extra concerns for livestock farmers. The Irish government has issued guidance advising farmers not to…
26/05/26 Mounting pressure for Scottish pig farmers, funding for rural churches, selling farm produce at markets
Pig farmers in Scotland say 10% of their national herd has gone to waste because there's oversupply in the market. They're asking their government for help.Churches across England can now apply for…
25/05/26 - The History of Crofting
Crofting is embedded in life in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, but it's an unusual form of farming, with a family plot rarely able to provide a full living. Many crofters need additional…
23/05/26 Farming Today This Week: red diesel, Gulf trade deal, Climate Change Committee report, regen tenancies, flowers.
The cost of growing our food is still higher than before the conflict in the Middle East. To counteract some of that, the government's laid out a "Great British Savings" bonanza aimed at making life…
22/05/2026 Gulf trade deal, tax cut on red diesel, cuts to tariffs on food imports, flowers, farmers going out of business
We ask what the latest government cost of living measures mean for farmers.How a Fenland farmer must decide whether to keep on his struggling family farm.We've been talking flowers all week: the cut…
21/05/26 Drought report, impact of Middle East war on berry growers, farm flower garden.
'The taps could run dry' - that's the warning from a new report by the House of Lords Select Committee on Environment and Climate Change. The report, in response to last year's drought, says water…
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