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3 weeks ago | 
farmersguide.co.uk | Aleksandra Cupriak
Farm Life The launch date of Clarkson’s Farm season four has just been announced. Jeremy Clarkson, the owner of Diddly Squat Farm, has published on his social media: ‘Same farm, new pub, Clarkson’s Farm Season 4 coming to Prime Video on the 23rd May’. The UK Original series will launch exclusively on Prime Video globally.
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1 month ago | 
foodsafety.einnews.com | Aleksandra Cupriak
Three cases of foot-and-mouth disease detected in Slovakia Three cases of foot-and-mouth disease have been confirmed close to the Slovakian and Hungarian border. The cases were identified in three separate premises housing cattle. Stock photo. The UK government had already taken action to prevent the commercial import from Slovakia of cattle, pigs, sheep, goats and other non-domestic ruminants and porcines such as deer and their untreated products.
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1 month ago | 
farmersguide.co.uk | Aleksandra Cupriak
Politics A farming roundtable organised by the NFU has met with food security and rural affairs minister Daniel Zeichner to explain the crushing impact of Defra’s decision to close the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) and raise the urgent need for transparency from Defra.
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1 month ago | 
farmersguide.co.uk | Aleksandra Cupriak
Planning & Buildings Rural businesses in England are waiting years, sometimes even decades, to get planning permission to enable investment and build homes, said CLA. The CLA approached 38 councils in England where over half the population lives in rural areas. In total, 35 responded to its Freedom of Information (FOI) requests. The findings show:Lengthy delays: Eight councils exceeded the government’s target time to issue decisions in 2023, with delays stretching from weeks to years.
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1 month ago | 
farmersguide.co.uk | Aleksandra Cupriak
Food & Drink Tesco has confirmed that it is beginning a trial in which it will be giving away expiring food to customers for free with the aim to cut food waste. A number of Tesco Express stores will take part in the trial where some remaining food will be available for customers through the tills at no charge. It is expected to be available after 9.30 pm.
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1 month ago | 
farmersguide.co.uk | Aleksandra Cupriak
Livestock Business A beef and sheep farmer from Norfolk has decided to move from a mixed arable to an all-livestock operation. His aim is to focus on improving farm resilience, soil health and stock performance. David Cross of Glovers Farm is taking part in the AHDB Beef & Lamb Monitor Farm programme. To support this shift, he has modelled three cattle enterprise scenarios to determine the most suitable approach to meet the farm’s objectives.
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1 month ago | 
farmersguide.co.uk | Aleksandra Cupriak
Politics “I could wake up one morning in the very near future to be told by West Oxfordshire District Council that they now own my farm,” wrote Jeremy Clarkson in response to the latest news that the Planning and Infrastructure Bill was introduced to Parliament. As deputy prime minister and secretary of state for housing, Angela Rayner explained, the Planning and Infrastructure Bill aims at delivering 1.5 million new homes in the country.
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1 month ago | 
farmersguide.co.uk | Aleksandra Cupriak
Farm Safety Roger Apsey, who farms in Charlton Musgrove, South Somerset, rescued two-day-old piglets from a fire that broke out in his barn in the middle of the night. The farmer told BBC News that he was woken up by his partner Emily at around midnight on 8th March when she realised the barn was on fire. “I quickly ran outside. I could hear the piglets squealing. We’ve got a lot of collector cars in the shed as well, they all got burnt. The glass was smashing.
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1 month ago | 
farmersguide.co.uk | Aleksandra Cupriak
Politics Farmers in the North East could be hit the hardest by the inheritance tax, according to a law firm, Weightmans. The liabilities could surpass £1.85 million, taking an estimated 17 years of earnings to pay off. Thousands of family-run farms across the UK could be forced to sell land or shut down as the government introduces a new inheritance tax (IHT) levy on agricultural assets exceeding £1 million, set to take effect from April 2026.
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1 month ago | 
farmersguide.co.uk | Aleksandra Cupriak
Other Crops Following the government’s shock closure of the Sustainable Farming Incentive last week, the PGRO is reminding growers that peas and beans should be drilled as soon as possible to avoid a late harvest and crop losses. Some land earmarked for the SFI may now be put to other crops, and some growers will be considering pulses as, in an average year, the returns would be greater than a typical SFI option.
