Farming in Five: Open Farm Sunday and a look ahead in Spending Review week

In today's Farming in Five, head of news and business Alex Black discusses a successful Open Farm Sunday event, a look ahead to the Spending Review and the Cereals Event and Farm 24 is back and bigger and better than ever before.

Alex Black

09 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

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On this episode of Farming in Five, Farmers Guardian reporter Chris Brayford discusses how Chancellor Rachel Reeves' u-turn on Winter Fuel Payments has sparked hope for farmers on Inheritance Tax, young farmers say Inheritance Tax reveals the disconnection between policymakers and where their food comes from, and Gardeners' World icon Alan Titchmarsh says farmers are being undermined by cheap foreign imports

Chris Brayford

10 June 2025 • 1 min read

Farming in Five

Farming in Five: Open Farm Sunday and a look ahead in Spending Review week

In today's Farming in Five, head of news and business Alex Black discusses a successful Open Farm Sunday event, a look ahead to the Spending Review and the Cereals Event and Farm 24 is back and bigger and better than ever before.