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

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

Labour should abolish one of the world's 'harshest' IHT policies, report reveals

The Institute of Economic Affairs has called on the Government to end Inheritance Tax

11 April 2026 • 4 min read

Companies fined over £2m after deaths of men at Norfolk chicken factory

Pest controllers working at a chicken factory in Norfolk were killed after entering an area where nitrogen gas had replaced oxygen in the atmosphere

11 April 2026 • 4 min read

Half a century of fundraising from Arlington Bluebell Walk tops £1m for charities

When East Sussex farmer John McCutchan and his wife Carolyn first opened their ancient oak to the public, they never expected it to reach such popularity

11 April 2026 • 4 min read

Iran crisis a 'wake-up call' to back UK agritech and food security

MP George Freeman highlighted the role of new technology in protecting the UK’s future food security

10 April 2026 • 2 min read

Grants special: ADOPT grants helping farmers bridge ideas and action

Funding could be available for farmers with bright ideas but have not had the ‘time, headspace or support’ to act on them

10 April 2026 • 3 min read

Potential poultry unit planning rule easing not due to lobbying says Defra

The poultry sector has long been arguing that food production should be at the heart of a national planning strategy

10 April 2026 • 2 min read

New entrants top Holstein bull rankings

The latest bull proofs for genomic and proven Holsteins, other breeds and spring and autumn calving indexes have been released by AHDB

10 April 2026 • 9 min read