Author Posts: Aleksandra Cupriak

A farming roundtable organised by the NFU has met with food security and rural affairs minister Daniel Zeichner to explain the crushing impact of Defra’s decision to close the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) and raise the urgent need for transparency from Defra.

Rural businesses in England are waiting years, sometimes even decades, to get planning permission to enable investment and build homes, said CLA.

A beef and sheep farmer from Norfolk has decided to move from a mixed arable to an all-livestock operation. His aim is to focus on improving farm resilience, soil health and stock performance.

“I could wake up one morning in the very near future to be told by West Oxfordshire District Council that they now own my farm,” wrote Jeremy Clarkson in response to the latest news that the Planning and Infrastructure Bill was introduced to Parliament. 

Roger Apsey, who farms in Charlton Musgrove, South Somerset, rescued two-day-old piglets from a fire that broke out in his barn in the middle of the night.

Farmers in the North East could be hit the hardest by the inheritance tax, according to a law firm, Weightmans. The liabilities could surpass £1.85 million, taking an estimated 17 years of earnings to pay off.

Following the government’s shock closure of the Sustainable Farming Incentive last week, the PGRO is reminding growers that peas and beans should be drilled as soon as possible to avoid a late harvest and crop losses.

The UK’s very best farm retailers have been revealed at the Farm Retail Awards. 

Royal Three Counties Show, which is set to take place at the Three Counties Showground in Malvern this June, will host a number of special guests and leading voices from the farming and food industries, including Kaleb Cooper, Adam Henson and Matt Tebbutt. 

In light of a surprising SFI announcement earlier this week, a job offer posted by Defra has become a very controversial topic among the farming community.

A working scale model of a diecast Chad Valley Fordson Major tractor with a clockwork mechanism was one of the highlights of the CCM Skipton’s March sale of Border Fine Arts, Beswick ornaments, toys and collectables. 

The Farmers’ Union of Wales (FUW) has expressed concerns following the release of UK trade figures, which revealed a significant increase in sheep meat imported to the UK in 2024.