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

Rural Labour MPs ramp up pressure on Gov to level the playing field for British farmers

To kickstart its Spring Push campaign on farming profitability, the Labour Rural Research Group wants the Gov to introduce honest labelling on country of origin food, to tackle unfair supermarket practices, and to protect farmers in trade deals from cheap imports

05 April 2026 • 5 min read

Diners ditch restaurants in support of UK eggs

New survey shows eight in 10 people believe food venues should be required to tell customers where the animal products they use come from

04 April 2026 • 2 min read

Irish egg shortages due to low prices

Farmers had sought an increase of €0.02 (£0.017) an egg for free-range and €0.01 (£0.087) an egg for barn-produced eggs

04 April 2026 • 2 min read

Livestock throughput figures encouraging during period of falling stock numbers

Total market turnover rose significantly to just over £3bn highlighting both strong demand and significantly improved values across many classes of stock

04 April 2026 • 2 min read

Pregnancy scanning suckler cows: a practical tool that can pay its way

Some beef producers may be missing out a simple management tool that could save money and improve herd performance. Ellie Layton finds out more.

04 April 2026 • 6 min read

Cairngorms National Park fire ban comes into place

The ban follows an extensive consultation process in the National Park

03 April 2026 • 1 min read

First Milk regenerative farming sees increase in soil carbon

Early results from one of the largest soil carbon measurement programmes in UK dairy show measurable increases in soil carbon stocks on farms adopting regenerative practices

03 April 2026 • 2 min read

New guidelines hope to boost tenant-landlord relations

Welsh Gov publishes Code of Practice to foster and encourage clarity, communication and mutual respect in the tenanted sector in Wales

03 April 2026 • 2 min read