Expert resources, for working farmers.
Knowledge Hub — A practical index of every guide, brief and reference on the site — sorted by what farmers actually look for, with last-checked dates and primary-source links.
Popular guides — Knowledge Hub
UK Livestock Farming Guide.
Beef, dairy, sheep, poultry and pig — feeding, housing, the welfare codes that matter, and where the margin actually lives.
UK Arable Farming Guide.
Wheat, barley, oilseed rape — rotations, soil health, precision sowing, the AHDB recommended lists, and what RB209 actually says.
UK Farming Grants 2026.
SFI, Countryside Stewardship, capital grants — eligibility, payment rates, and the application order that gets things signed off.
SFI 2026 Changes Explained.
New actions, payment rate changes, stacking options and the RPA deadlines you can still hit before the financial year closes.
By topic
Livestock 2 pieces
Beef, sheep, dairy and the small flocks. Welfare codes, TB testing, grazing rotations and the trade press read in plain English.
Arable Farming 3 pieces
Wheat, barley, OSR, the rotation puzzle, the soil-health tests that actually move yield, and the seed/variety choices for next drilling.
Grants & Funding 19 pieces
Every active English scheme plus Welsh and Scottish equivalents, with eligibility, deadlines, and the order you should apply in.
Machinery & Technology 4 pieces
Drills, balers, quads. Auction reports and used-market pricing. Where automation is earning its keep on a small mixed farm and where it isn’t.
Weather & Climate — pieces
Met Office context for the field — what a wet April means for grass, when ground will be travelable again, and the long-range outlook.
News & Industry 28 pieces
Industry developments, NFU/NFUS positions, processor news and the policy moves that filter back to the farmgate within a quarter.
Seasonal almanac
Drilling, fertiliser planning, lambing, first-cut silage prep, scheme applications.
Spring guides →Silage, crop monitoring, agricultural shows, mid-season disease watch, hay.
Summer guides →Harvest, soil testing, winter prep, OSR establishment, cattle housing decisions.
Autumn guides →Housing, machinery maintenance, grant applications, business planning, lambing prep.
Winter guides →Useful resources
Read what we read.
Every BritFarmers piece is checked against the handbook, release or portal it came from. These are the primary sources we cite most often — bookmark the ones that matter to your operation.
- DefraDepartment for Environment, Food & Rural Affairsgov.uk/defra ↗
- AHDBAgriculture & Horticulture Development Boardahdb.org.uk ↗
- NFUNational Farmers’ Union (England & Wales)nfuonline.com ↗
- Countryside StewardshipGOV.UK scheme guidancegov.uk/countryside-stewardship-grants ↗
- Rural Payments AgencyScheme administration & inspectionsgov.uk/rpa ↗
- Met OfficeAgricultural & long-range forecastsmetoffice.gov.uk ↗
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