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Rural pubs given boost for England Mexico World Cup match

Pubs are allowed to stay open until 5am on Monday

03 July 2026 • 1 min read

Burnham, SFI, heatwave, plant-based councils, and wildfires – our readers' top stories online this week

From politics to extreme heat, here are the stories farmers have been keeping up with on farmersguardian.com

03 July 2026 • 1 min read

Half of Window 1 SFI26 budget now allocated

Defra said demand has been strong since the scheme opened

03 July 2026 • 1 min read

Heatwave and World Cup boost food sales but shoppers are still watching the pennies

Beer, cider and ice cream have been some of the beneficiaries of hot weather and the World Cup, with supermarkets using falling farmgate prices to keep prices under control

03 July 2026 • 5 min read

More than half of UK farmers have adopted regenerative practices

New research from Barclays finds that 80% of surveyed farmers have adopted or are planning to adopt regenerative farming practices

02 July 2026 • 2 min read

Emma Reynolds 'hopes' to stay at Defra under new Government

Since the PM announced his resignation, the Defra Secretary Emma Reynold's position has been brought into question

02 July 2026 • 1 min read

Llyr Gruffydd: "We have a moral responsibility of supporting people to achieve in a way that doesn't make them ill"

Wales' Cabinet Minister for Rural Resilience and Sustainability said mental health in agriculture 'matters'

02 July 2026 • 2 min read

Defra confirms 25% of SFI26 Window 1 budget now allocated

Further updates will be published on Defra's online farming blog when '50% and 75%' of the £60 million Window 1 budget has been spent

01 July 2026 • 2 min read

Heatwave poses 'further risk' to harvest

UK farmers face early harvests and mixed crop conditions as the AHDB Crop Development Report highlights heatwave risks and the importance of rainfall for final yields

01 July 2026 • 2 min read

Minister downbeat on increase to Wales' farming budget

Wales' Cabinet Minister for Rural Resilience and Sustainability, Llyr Gruffydd said he would be ‘lying' if he said he could find extra money for the farming budget

01 July 2026 • 2 min read

Wales' Cabinet Minister to do 'right thing, not the easy thing' on bovine TB

Farmers Guardian's chief reporter sits down with Cabinet Minister for rural resilience and sustainability, Llyr Gruffydd to discuss his farming policies for Wales

01 July 2026 • 5 min read

Latest milk prices for dairy farmers: Arla increases July price but Muller holds again

01 July 2026 • 48 min read