Farming in Five by Farmers Guardian

In today's Farming in Five, head of news and business Alex Black discusses the farmer protests outside the Oxford Farming Conference, Steve Reed's speech inside the conference hall and the illegal release of two Lynx in the Highlands. Your daily update from Farmers Guardian

In today's Farming in Five, Chief Reporter Rachael Brown reports on the criticism made by Tenant Farmers Association towards Treasury Ministers, accusing them of political stonewalling against any consideration of any reasonable amendments to the proposed changes to APR and BPR. Farmers Guardian’s campaign to save the family farm from proposed changes to Inheritance Tax will feature heavily a...

In this week's Farming in Five, Chief Reporter Rachael Brown reports on confirmation from the BBC that it will include the family farm tax in its popular rural Radio 4 drama The Archers after the broadcaster was criticised by the campaign group the Countryside Alliance, who described the lack of mention of Rachel Reeves' Budget and the impact it will have on farming communities as a ‘ver...

In today's Farming in Five, Head of News and Business Alex Black discusses the delivery of children's letters to the Prime Minister, advice not to rush into major business decisions and an update on the latest milk prices. Your daily update from Farmers Guardian

In today's Farming in Five, Head of News and Business Alex Black takes a look at the latest milk prices, how Hilda the calf can help reduce the dairy sector's emissions and the plans for a national day of action on the Family Farm Tax Your daily update from Farmers Guardian

In today's Farming in Five, Head of News and Business Alex Black discusses the latest on the campaign to change proposals to the family farm tax, the New Year's Honours List and the importance of wearing a helmet on a quad bike. Your daily update from Farmers Guardian

In a New Year Farming in Five, Farmers Guardian take a look at what industry leaders want for the sector in 2025 Your daily update from Farmers Guardian

In today's Farming in Five, head of news and business Alex Black takes a look back at the major events of 2024 Your daily update from Farmers Guardian

In this episode of Farming in Five, Farmers Guardian takes a look back at the red meat sector in 2024 Your daily update from Farmers Guardian

In this episode of Farming in Five, Farmers Guardian takes a look back at the commodity markets in 2024 for the arable and dairy sectors. Your daily update from Farmers Guardian

In today's Farming in Five, head of news and business Alex Black takes a look at Rachael Brown's interview with outgoing Scottish Tenant Farming Commissioner Dr Bob McIntosh and the peerage for former Defra Secretary Therese Coffey Your daily update from Farmers Guardian

In this episode of Farming in Five, head of news and business Alex Black gives an update on our Christmas favourites have fared this year, from turkeys, to sprouts to trees. Your daily update from Farmers Guardian

In this episode of Farming in Five, head of news and business Alex Black discusses the CLA's Christmas gift to Chancellor Rachel Reeves to showcase British farming and encourage her to meet with farming leaders. Sir Keir Starmer is under fire after admitting IHT changes are purely about revenue raising and good news in Northern Ireland with a proposal to ring fence the agriculture budget Your...

In today's Farming in Five, Chief Reporter Rachael Brown reports on reaction to the Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer's comments that the purpose of the inheritance tax reform was to raise revenue in the Budget. Shortly after making these comments, his Farming Minister Daniel Zeichner said on a webinar hosted by the Tenant Farmers Association that far too many farmers are dependent on Gov...

In today's Farming in Five, Chief Reporter Rachael Brown shares findings from NFU Cymru survey which highlights the ‘eyewatering investment’ and staggering costs facing Welsh farming businesses in order to comply with Welsh Government’s water quality regulations. Elsewhere, farming unions across the UK have joined forces for today’s big banner campaign to apply further political pressure on t...

In today's Farming in Five, Chief Reporter Rachael Brown reflects on calls from the British Society of Animal Science to consider the ‘social licence’ aspect in the adoption of methane reducing feed additive Bovaer here in the UK. She reports on a young farmer who brought her heifer calf to Westminster to hand deliver a petition to Government over concerns with Inheritance Tax proposals, the...

In today's Farming in Five, head of news and business Alex Black takes us through all the goings on at yesterday's BPR event at the London Palladium, the latest on the Family Farm Tax and some of the consumer trends for Christmas dinner Your daily update from Farmers Guardian

In today's Farming in Five, Chief Reporter Rachael Brown discusses an event led by farmers at The London Palladium to highlight the negative implications of changes to Business Property Relief in the Chancellor's Budget, the UK economy has shrunk for the second successive month as farmers continue to voice concern over the Autumn's Budget potential impact on the future of agricultur...

In today's Farming in Five, head of news and business Alex Black takes you through the week's top stories from the latest on farmer opposition to Inheritance Tax changes to consumer trends on what is on the Christmas dinner plate. Your daily update from Farmers Guardian

In today's Farming in Five, head of news and business Alex Black gives an update on the protests in the capital yesterday, a grain market update and the UK's food security report. Your daily update from Farmers Guardian

In today's Farming in Five, Chief Reporter Rachael Brown reflects on the farming protests across the UK, where hundreds of tractors descended on London, York, Cardiff and across the county of Suffolk as farmers continue the fight to overturn the family farm tax. Meanwhile, the Defra Secretary Steve Reed has made a commitment to set up a meeting between the Chancellor and UK farming unions on...

In today's Farming in Five, Chief Reporter Rachael Brown speaks to NFU president Tom Bradshaw about the pressure he is feeling to change the Treasury's Inheritance Tax proposals, and why the spending review in March will be a critical moment for the campaign to stop the family farm tax. She also looks ahead to the farming protest in Westminster tomorrow, where more than 300 tractors are...

In today's Farming in Five, Head of News and Business Alex Black rounds up the latest farming news, including the impact of Storm Darragh as farmers face power outages and high winds. The organisers of last months' London rally have organised an event at the London Palladium, an update on a case found of a-typical BSE and farmers get in the festive spirit with Christmas tractor runs. You...

In today's Farming in Five, FG's Alex Black takes us through the big news stories of the week including how Labour are losing the countryside, the latest milk price announcements and the goings on in agricultural policy in Scotland and Wales as well as an update on what is next in the fight against Inheritance Tax changes. Your daily update from Farmers Guardian

In today's Farming in Five chief reporter Rachael Brown talks about Conservatives losing a vote on the family farm tax, the latest on the Scottish farm budget, 48 sheep carcasses being discovered in unrefrigerated vans in London, as well as a new piece of legislation which could see porridge, cereals and dairy products banned on television adverts in the Government's plans to curb childh...