Farming in Five

Listen to the latest daily farming news update from the Farmers Guardian news team

26 March 2026 • 1 min read

Farming in Five: Gov acts on fertiliser prices and BFA opens for entries

20 March 2026 • 1 min read

Farming in Five: Foot-and-mouth disease confirmed in Greece

19 March 2026 • 1 min read

Farming in Five: farmers unite for IHT High Court battle

18 March 2026 • 1 min read

Farming in Five: Hundreds of farmers Farmers highlight dangerous impact of animal welfare changes

13 March 2026 • 1 min read

Farming in Five: Farm worker facing homelessness after council blocks caravan plan

12 March 2026 • 1 min read

Wildfires: Farmers praised for efforts to tackle York blaze

Over the weekend areas across the UK were hit by surges in wildfires with some firefighters declaring major incidents

13 July 2026 • 2 min read

Defra unveils multi-million-pound plan to protect nature in face of rising temperatures and climate change

New '30by30' scheme aims to turn nature recovery from ambition into action through a clear approach that helps farmers and land managers

13 July 2026 • 2 min read

Beef and Lamb Roadmap sets out practical route for sectors environmental progress

The roadmap aims to capture the ambition, goals and commitments made towards improving the environmental sustainability the sector

13 July 2026 • 4 min read

Tighten biosecurity before its too late, says Shadow Defra Minister

13 July 2026 • 2 min read

Grazing is part of multi-pronged answer to severe wildfires, says National Sheep Association

NSA says conversation must move beyond how fires start and focus on why they become so destructive

12 July 2026 • 2 min read

Farmers invited to join pioneering crop trials

The Defra funded projects focus on disease resilience and precision-bred crops

12 July 2026 • 2 min read

Free-range poultry sees increasing investment

Farmers are increasingly turning to free-range poultry as they look to diversify their businesses and increase farm income

12 July 2026 • 3 min read

New fire byelaw takes place across National Park

Campfires and barbecues are banned between April 1 and September 30 across Cairngorms National Park

12 July 2026 • 3 min read