Farming in Five by Farmers Guardian

In today's Farming in Five, head of news and business Alex Black discusses Asda's decision to backtrack on its commitment to sourcing 100% British chicken in its fresh poultry lines, what an SFI redesign could look like and the latest on a petition to get farming into schools. Your daily update from Farmers Guardian

In today's Farming in Five, chief reporter Rachael Brown reports on a letter sent by the Efra Committee chair to the Farming Minister calling on the Government to focus on five key areas to improve fairness and resilience in the food supply chain. Later today the Committee's chair Alistair Carmichael will be presenting his food supply chain fairness bill in Parliament. She also reports o...

In today's Farming in Five, chief reporter Rachael Brown reports on yesterday's emergency roundtable meeting on SFI, with the Farming Minister criticised for providing lack of clarity on the what the future redesign of SFI will look like, and for showing a lack of empathy for those farmers trapped out of SFI. She also reports on farmers defending Scottish Minister Mairi Gougeon and criti...

In today's Farming in Five, chief reporter Rachael Brown understands an an emergency roundtable meeting has been called for later today between farming organisations and Farming Minister Daniel Zeichner to discuss the fallout from Defra's decision last week to suspend new applications to SFI. She also reports on the appointment of Dr David Llewellyn as the independent monitoring and repo...

In today's Farming in Five, chief reporter Rachael Brown reports on the latest from the fallout of the Sustainable Farming Incentive closure. Defra is under scrutiny over its failure to give farmers' notice as the industry questions whether all the budget has been spent. She also looks ahead to next week, a special podcast on Donald Trump, tariffs and what this means for machinery market...

In today's Farming in Five, chief reporter Rachael Brown analyses the fall out from the closure of the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI), with the Farming Minister telling MPs that farmers were not given notice on closure as it would have led to a 'further spike in applications'. The National Trust says Defra's decision to close SFI to new applications will leave farmers faci...

In today's Farming in Five, head of news and business Alex Black discusses the sudden announcement from Defra that it has closed applications for the Sustainable Farming Incentive 2024 due to high demand. She takes a look at the comments made by Farming Minister Daniel Zeichner as well as farming's reaction to the news, with farmers branding it a 'shambles'. Your daily update f...

In today's Farming in Five, chief reporter Rachael Brown reports on new Government plans that could force farmers and landowners to sell their land at a lower value, how lab-grown meat, dairy and sugar could hit retail shelves within two years, and a 'landmark' court ruling for environmental campaign group River Action, which has thrown out the NFU's bid to have chicken manure...

In today's Farming in Five, chief reporter Rachael Brown reports on Defra's import ban of cattle, sheep, pigs and deer from Hungry and Slovakia after confirmed a foot and mouth case on a farm with 1,400 cattle in Hungary. The Farming Minister said the Government will not hesitate to add additional countries to the list if the disease spreads. Elsewhere, she reports on how a Welsh farmer...

In today's Farming in Five, chief reporter Rachael Brown reflects on this week's main news stories including mounting pressure on the Chancellor Rachel Reeves, with 40 Labour MPs calling for changes to the current family farm tax proposals, she also looks ahead to next week where Farmers Guardian will be doing a special 'Ask the Expert' online and in magazine, where a panel of...

In today's Farming in Five, chief reporter Rachael Brown, reflects on the Senedd debate last night which called on the Welsh Government to encourage the UK Government to pause the family farm tax and conduct an impact assessment. Shadow Conservative Minister Samuel Kurtz criticised the First Minister for her meeting with the Chancellor and failing to raise awareness of the scale of concern fr...

In today's Farming in Five, head of news and business Alex Black takes a look at the Pancake Day rally event in London on March 4 and gives an update on the dairy market, including the latest prices from Arla and Muller. Your daily update from Farmers Guardian

In today's Farming in Five, head of news and business Alex Black gives an update on the situation at Exeter livestock mart after an APHA incident caused it to cancel primestock sales on Monday. The mart has been given the green light to hold sales today after sheep purchased on Friday tested negative for both foot-and-mouth and bluetongue. It is Pancake Day and farmers are in London today, pr...

In today's Farming in Five, head of news and business Alex Black discusses the Bury farmer handed a 12 month prison sentence after the death of his son in July 2022, plans for the Pancake Day rally to be held in London on March 4 and an update on milk prices. Your daily update from Farmers Guardian

In today's Farming in Five, chief reporter Rachael Brown takes a look at the main news stories this week with family farm tax dominating the headlines from NFU conference, the PM faces criticism for breaking his promise on ensuring solar farm developments would not be at the expenses of tenant farmers, following the appeal decision at Emma and Rob Sturdy's farm, and she looks ahead to ne...

In today's Farming in Five, head of news and business Alex Black takes a look at the news that Emma and Rob Sturdy, from Eden Farm in Old Malton, have been left ‘devastated' after Housing Secretary Angela Rayner granted permission for renewable energy company Harmony Energy, fly-tipping increases and a milk price rise for Organic Herd. Your daily update from Farmers Guardian

In today's Farming in Five, chief reporter Rachael Brown gives the main headlines from NFU conference, takes a look at the details of the Defra Secretary's speech, what farmers and industry representatives though, and what next when it comes to the family farm tax Your daily update from Farmers Guardian

In today's Farming in Five, head of news and business Alex Black discusses announcements made by Defra Secretary Steve Reed at the NFU Conference, NFU president Tom Bradshaw's opening address and calls for Government to 'reset' its relationship with farmers and, away from conference, Arla has announced proposals for a significant investment in its Lockerbie site. Your daily upd...

In today's Farming in Five, chief reporter Rachael Brown reports on the body found in the search for missing woman and farmer's daughter, Jenny Hall. She gives a look ahead to tomorrow's NFU conference in London ( February 25), calls to treat farmers holding Higher Level Stewardship (HLS) agreements fairly, and Arla boss confirms backlash towards methane suppresser Bovaer has failed...

In today's Farming in Five, chief reporter Rachael Brown gives a round up of the latest updates from Treasury and farming leaders on the family farm tax, whilst looking ahead to the NFU conference next week where the Defra Secretary will give a speech. Despite calls for him to show his face, the Prime Minister is not expected to attend. She also reports on Defra's decision to shelve a £1...

In today's Farming in Five, chief reporter Rachael Brown reports on Arla’s soaring profits, giving its farmer-owners the highest dividend payout in the company’s history, how tenant farmers are being left ‘unprotected’ by the Chancellor’s changes to Inheritance Tax, and the UK's borders have been called into question once again after 600kg of illegal meat was seized in Northern Ireland. ...

In today's Farming in Five, chief reporter Rachael Brown reports on the meeting with Treasury to discuss the family farm tax, where farming leaders felt the door had been 'slammed in their faces' once again. Farming unions now say their focus is on getting more Labour backbench MPs including those in the inner cities to pressurise the Government ahead of the Finance Bill in Autumn....

In today's Farming in Five, head of news and business Alex Black discusses the farming union's and other farming bodies upcoming meeting with the Treasury, the trends in sheep meat production and the fall in confidence in small businesses. Your daily update from Farmers Guardian

In today's Farming In Five, chief reporter Rachael Brown reports on the PM being pressurised by the Conservative party to show his face at NFU conference next week to address farmers' concerns over inheritance tax changes, farming unions are due to meet with Treasury officials tomorrow, where they hope to voice their members and concerns and hear some solutions, and egg prices are soarin...

In today's Farming In Five, head of news and business Alex Black talks about Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer's comments that the UK can have a 'tax break' for farmers or bring down NHS waiting lists. The comments caused anger across the industry. It comes ahead of meetings between farming organisations and HM Treasury next week. And in Mind Your Head Week, farmers have been urg...