February 20: Arla profits soar, rewarding farmers with the highest dividend payout to farmer-owners in the company's history

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.

Rachael Brown

20 February 2025 • 1 min read

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Farmers Guardian and the Tenant Farmers Association are carrying out a joint survey to better understand the real-life implications of the proposed changes to Inheritance Tax in the Chancellor's Budget

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Farming in Five: Wales announces bluetongue restrictions and concerns about retailers' sourcing commitments [June 13]

In today's Farming in Five, head of news and business Alex Black takes a look at Wales' announcements on bluetongue pre-movement testing, worries as more retailers seem to be stocking increased amounts of imported produce and an artisan sauce maker has succeeded in their quest to create a 100% British ketchup

Alex Black

13 June 2025 • 1 min read

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Farming in Five: Is Chancellor Rachel Reeves' Spending Review a betrayal of farmers? [June 12, 2025]

On this episode of Farming in Five, Farmers Guardian reporter Chris Brayford discusses Chancellor Rachel Reeves' Spending Review.

Chris Brayford

12 June 2025 • 1 min read

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Farming in Five: Farmers threaten to quit nature schemes if farm budget is cut

A new poll has found 95% of farmers would abandon land management schemes if Chancellor Rachel Reeves cuts the agricultural budget in today's Spending Review. Organisers of the Royal Welsh Show ban livestock from England and Scotland; Cereals 2025 gets underway and Muller unveils its new organic milk scheme

Jane Thynne

11 June 2025 • 1 min read