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

UK lurching into a food security 'nightmare', report finds

Is it time for the Government to realise that war in the Middle East, Inheritance Tax changes, and cheap food imports are undermining British farmers and the UK's food security?

13 April 2026 • 3 min read

Blowfly Emergence Forecast launched to help sheep farmers stay ahead of flystrike risk

The Sustainable Control of Parasites in Sheep will be hosting a new tool on their website to help sheep farmers prevent flystrike

13 April 2026 • 3 min read

UFU takes farm cost crisis to government

The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) is intensifying its political engagement at both Stormont and Westminster today (April 13), as pressures mount on farm businesses due to rising fuel, fertiliser and input costs

13 April 2026 • 2 min read

UK farmers considering plans for a nationwide fuel and fertiliser protest

Can Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and Chancellor Rachel Reeves learn an invaluable lesson from the fuel strike in 2000 to support farmers and hauliers before it is too late?

13 April 2026 • 6 min read

Farm Shop destroyed in fire leaves owner devastated

A large fire blazed several sheds on the Crossnamuckley Road, Newtownards on Saturday night

13 April 2026 • 1 min read

"I was in a situation of do or die" - Why domestic abuse in rural communities is often overlooked and unreported

Campaigners and survivors said domestic abuse in rural areas is ruining the lives of men, women, children and families

13 April 2026 • 7 min read

"You cannot eat solar" - Greater Lincolnshire Mayor plots Judicial Review bid to stop Gov's approval of UK's largest solar farm

The Government's approval of the UK's largest solar farm in Lincolnshire has kicked up a storm on issues surrounding food security, 'Green' Ed's energy independence ambition, and the potential of a Judicial Review in the High Court

12 April 2026 • 5 min read

IHT story is far from over, but campaign must continue in a different way

What are the next steps farmers can take to stop the family farm tax at a time when some have argued that the fight to raise thresholds is 'dead' under the current Labour Government?

12 April 2026 • 6 min read