From the fields and beyond
Supply chains, processors, retailers and the trade deals that decide what farmers are paid. Industry coverage from outside the press release: what’s moving, who benefits, who absorbs the cost, and where the next pressure point lands.
Crops
A working horticultural grower's guide to UK frost protection in 2026: fleece, sprinklers, wind machines, forecast tools and the protocol that works.
Industry
A working farmer's guide to UK farm apprenticeships, the Seasonal Worker Scheme, wage floors and keeping people on the holding through 2026.
Industry
UK farm labour shortage 2026 guide for seasonal farms: Seasonal Worker visa rules, timing, sponsors, planning and practical risk.
Crops
Honest 2026 economics on UK direct sales, roadside stalls, honesty boxes, vending and full farm shops, from a working Suffolk veg holding.
Industry
This guide pulls together the SSAFO Regulations 2010, the Farming Rules for Water 2018, the NVZ Action Programme, the spreading closed periods and the Ca...
Industry
This guide covers the working-year taxes a UK farm pays alongside the inheritance tax reforms that took effect on 6 April 2026: VAT on horticulture and.
Industry
It covers the Environment Agency abstraction licensing regime under the Water Resources Act 1991, the post-2003 reform of charges and trickle, the on-far...
Arable
Farm energy costs UK: what 2020–2025 did to diesel, electricity, drying, irrigation and farm margins — and what to track in 2026.
Industry
A working policyholder's guide to UK farm insurance in 2026 - major insurers, cover types, premium drivers and the exclusions that catch people.
Industry
Working tenant farmer’s 2026 guide to Farm Business Tenancies and AHA holdings — rent reviews, succession, notice, fixed equipment, SFI rules.
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The week in farming, made clear. A short read on schemes, prices and policy, with the sources close to hand.
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From the fields.
For the week ahead.
The changes and dates to keep in view.
The numbers, with their sources.
The decisions that reach the farm gate.
