The British Farming Awards is back for 2026, and its 20 categories are open for entries and nominations. This year there are 18 returning awards alongside twp new categories available for entry; Agricultural Supplier of the Year and Farm Adviser of the Year. With the 2025 awards evening hosting a record number of guests, this year we aim to continue to shine a light on the phenomenal work taking place across the industry and the driving forces behind it

This week from Farmers Guardian readers: Battersea Dogs and Cats Home, London, is appealing for rural homes for its independent 'working cats', who thrive in spacious, free-roaming environments rather than traditional domestic settings

Sue Armstrong of the renowned Wolfa Holstein herd in Cumbria, was honoured with the prestigious John Dennison Lifetime Achievement Award, at the 2026 Borderway UK Dairy Expo

Dan Hawes grew up on an arable farm in Suffolk and now produces strawberry and raspberry plants for the UK fruit market with Blaise Plants, sister company to Hugh Lowe Farms, Kent. The business grows outside, under tunnels and in glasshouses and produces more than four million plants a year. The arable side includes environmental schemes, with a mix of wheat, oilseed rape, beans and barley crops

Alan Carter farms in partnership with his parents, Paul and Christine, on a 162-hectare (400-acre), 400-cow dairy unit at Constantine, Cornwall, with 130 milking cows, supplying Saputo. Alan, also a Parish Councillor, and his wife Sarah, have two children, Ross and Dana

As the recent Farm Business Income revealed, the loss of the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) has hit farmers hard. For many diversification could be the answer

This week's opinion from throughout the world of agriculture: David Lindars, technical operations director at the British Meat Processors Association

The Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero discusses the impact the ongoing crisis in the Middle East is having on rural families and businesses

This week from Farmers Guardian readers: Steve Clarkson, chief executive of Organic Farmers and Growers, examines new research on pesticide residues in soils and the debate over whether their use should be phased out

Dan Jones farms 650 ewes at the National Trust-owned Parc Farm, which sits on the Great Orme, a limestone headland which rises up 208 metres (682 feet) on the North Wales coast near Llandudno. His Farm Business Tenancy covers the 58 hectares (143 acres) at Parc Farm, plus 364ha (900 acres) of grazing rights on the hill