Farming in Five by Farmers Guardian

Two agricultural students are jailed after killing and blowing up a sheep in East Sussex. We also report from the NFU Conference, where Defra Secretary Emma Reynolds unveils a “simpler, fairer” Sustainable Farming Incentive with actions cut to 71 and funding capped at £100,000. And hounds descend on Westminster as countryside groups push back against Government plans to ban trail hunting. Your dai...

Farming in Five: NFU Conference: Defra Secretary and leadership elections set to dominate this year's event, the Big Farmland Bird Count extended due to wet weather, funding helps historic farming film archive to reach new audience and Durham University secures €3.5 million for major Horizon Europe research projects on farming and pollinators.  Your daily update from Farmers Guardian

Farming in Five: H&H launches new fund to support next generation of young farmers, Humberside Police issue stark warning of driving on private farmland to commit hare coursing and poaching, MPs to debate shotgun licensing merger following countryside backlash, Multi-million-pound scheme offers support for organic conversion and pesticides linked to cancer used on UK fruit and veg.  Your daily...

Farming in Five: Restore Britain announces 16-point plan to get British farmers 'farming again', Morrisons commits £1.6 billion to British farming in 2026, calls for gun law rethink following farmer's death, serial waste crook forced to pay over £1.4 million for widespread illegal dumping and FG readers offered chance to question Farming Minister.  Your daily update from Farmers Gua...

Farming in Five: Young sheep farmers aim for UK glory at Euros, Arla reports record £13bn returns with pledge to support farmers, Case IH announces new dealers across Lancashire, Yorkshire and Cheshire and farmers invited to find out more about £30m Farmer Collaboration Fund.  Your daily update from Farmers Guardian

Farming in Five: Art Attack legend hired to relaunch retro Muller Corner yogurt range, KFC pledges to source 35% of chicken from British farms at UK&I restaurants, farmers see livestock worrying costs rise by 10% to nearly £2m in 2025 and a Judicial review to challenge poultry farm expansion.  Your daily update from Farmers Guardian

Farming in Five: Calls issued for greater recognition of rural retail, walk of Hope farmer says: 'The kindness towards farming was overwhelming', farmers urged to be vigilant as Environment Agency warns of further flooding and milk volumes continue to grow as highest volume logged in January on record.  Your daily update from Farmers Guardian

Farming in Five: Dumfries dairy farmer represents Team GB at Winter Olympics, Ministers urged to U-turn decision which prevents sheep shearers entering UK, Asda store ordered to pay over £500k for food safety breaches, Nigel Farage's Reform distances itself from links to rewilder Ben Goldsmith and company-wide mental health training helps staff support farm clients.  Your daily update from Fa...

Farming in Five: Farmers descend on Parliament Square to call for Starmer to resign as PM, wet weather raises slurry spreading issues, 'farmers are doing more for sustainability than ever before' says new research and pork banned from theatre's Peppa Pig show.  Your daily update from Farmers Guardian

Farming in Five: New training aims to combat farmer suicide rates, Britain's 'loneliest sheep' gives birth to healthy lambs, Defra pays £650k for staff to learn about farming ,Tesco backs farmer-led rethink on IHT changes and Supreme Court rules Oatly's dairy-free alternative cannot be called 'milk'.  Your daily update from Farmers Guardian

Farming in Five: Dairy farmers meet new industry targets for antimicrobial use, farmer fined for 'extensive breaches' of cattle movement and bTB testing rules, rising pest risks: How the Met Office Is helping to safeguard UK crops and support needed to save suckler herd.  Your daily update from Farmers Guardian

In today's Farming in Five, reaction as Kirsty McNeill tells a packed NFU Scotland conference that cheap food is a priority with warnings from farmers of the threat to public health and safety and farm businesses from a cheap food policy, Asda calls for full consultation on IHT and a poignant message on Mind Your Head Week Your daily update from Farmers Guardian

On today's farming in five, it is Mind Your Head Week and Yellow Wellies is looking to tackle farmers' mental health after figures revealed there were 47 suicides in the industry in 2024, floods expected as heavy rain falls and the King visits a Lancashire auction mart Your daily update from Farmers Guardian

Farming in Five: Major supermarkets make commitments to not stock chlorinated chicken, Farmers First to lease out Wrexham abattoir, Efra Committee says UK farmers must not be disadvantaged in new EU deal, the Gov needs to clarify bTB next steps following end of badger cull and dairy sector 'close to the floor on headline milk prices'. Your daily update from Farmers Guardian

Farming in Five: Champion of Scottish agriculture and rural life dies aged 79, farmworker crushed to death as he helped younger colleague, 'Farm of the Future' launched to trial farm-scale regenerative potatoes and 1 in 10 farm property claims underinsured, data reveals.  Your daily update from Farmers Guardian

Farming in Five: Northern Ireland's young farmers left with no support in 2026, says UFU, a woman is to milk 10,000 cows in ten days to raise money for charity, urgent action has been demanded on fly-tipping as farmers face thousands in clean-up bills and a farmer embarks on a solo, 142-mile trek to highlight farmers' mental health.   Your daily update from Farmers Guardian

Farming in Five: Rural churches bemoan Gov's 'worship tax' catch in new fund, new £21.5m funding offered to boost farm innovation, latest milk prices for dairy farmers: Muller confirms 34.5ppl March farmgate milk price and draconian planning policy hampers farm resilience as slurry season begins, says UFU.  Your daily update from Farmers Guardian

Farming in Five: Police defend probe into farm burglary which turned into welfare check, Welsh farmers to receive SFS support through £11m Farming Connect Programme, farming faces £800m loss owing to EU reset and young people open to careers in farming, but collaboration needed to tackle workforce challenges.  Your daily update from Farmers Guardian

Farming in Five: Waitrose reiterates promise not to source chlorinated chicken, empty shelves on Shetland are a reminder of the importance of food security, says MP, a man has been jailed following a £500k poultry meat fraud and Welsh councils are 'disrespecting children's health' by serving up to 99% imported chicken in schools.  Your daily update from Farmers Guardian

Farming in Five: High Court fast-tracks legal challenge over inadequate Government IHT consultation, farmers brace for further flooding as Storm Chandra takes hold and concerns raised over proposals to expand environmental permitting to include cattle.  Your daily update from Farmers Guardian

Farming in Five: New study reveals emissions benefits of moorland grazing, women in farming report lower mental well-being than national average in every age group, study shows, Tesco responds to farmer letter calling for supermarkets to stand with farmers and M&S chicken sales boost prompts £33m farming investment.  Your daily update from Farmers Guardian

Farming in Five: Vinnie Jones deals with grief and loss as farming show returns for new series, Fergus hits the road for farm education charity, countryside 'aggrieved' by withdrawal of rate relief support for deer and shooting businesses and politicians told: Welsh farmers 'cannot - and should not - be expected to do more for less'.  Your daily update from Farmers Guardian

Farming in Five: ABP Linden announces plans to close its meat packaging facility, farmers protest at Lidl distribution centres, rural women offered free, four-day course to build skills and confidence, rumours of protest contract changes 'unequivocally false', McCain Foods says and 75,000 shoppers urge supermarkets to rule out chlorinated chicken amid UK-US trade negotiations.  Your dail...

Farming in Five: Scottish Parliament set to rule on wild goat petition, farmers increasingly left counting cost of fly-tipping, bread, cereals and veg named as drivers for inflation but 'where is the money going?' says NFU president and woolly winner revealed as British Wool's 'Sheep of the Year' 2025.  Your daily update from Farmers Guardian

Farming in Five: Debate secured to stop 'rural antagonising' shotgun licence merger, New NFU Cymru president and deputy president elected and the NSA calls for engagement needed to reflect reality of commercial sheep farming.  Your daily update from Farmers Guardian