Countryside Stewardship 2026: a working farmer’s guide

Deadline planning: Use the UK farming grants deadline calendar 2026 for Higher Tier Capital Grants timing, SFI26 windows and other grant dates.

UK Soil Health 2026: A Working Farmer’s Guide

Where UK soil health sits in 2026 — Defra indicators, SFI soil actions, RB209, peat, organic matter, and the testing a working farm actually does.

UK Farm Diversification 2026: A Working Farmer’s Guide

What UK farm diversification looks like in 2026 — shops, glamping, events, contracting, energy. Honest economics from a working Suffolk holding.

UK Carbon Farming and Net Zero 2026: A Working Farmer’s Guide

UK Glasshouse and Polytunnel Production 2026: A Working Grower’s Guide

UK glasshouse and polytunnel production in 2026 — heated glass economics, lighting, CO2, hydroponics, IPM, water and labour from a working grower.

UK Farm Prices and Agricultural Markets: A Working Farmer’s Guide to Reading the Trade in 2026

This guide explains where UK farm prices come from in 2026, who actually publishes them, how to read the daily and weekly numbers across cereals, beef,…

Clarkson expands Diddly Squat brand with major Ocado partnership

Ocado Partnership — Tim’s take: There’s a peculiar irony in watching a man who once drove tractors on television for entertainment now ship his farm p...

UK Crop Protection 2026: A Working Grower’s IPM Guide

UK crop protection in 2026: HSE rules, residue specs, withdrawn actives, IPM in practice. From a working salad and veg grower in Suffolk.

UK Farm Succession Planning 2026: Beyond the Inheritance Tax Bill

Farm succession beyond the inheritance tax bill — partnerships, wills, family meetings, lifetime gifting, and the lifestyle reckoning.

UK Farm Renewable Energy 2026: A Working Farmer’s Guide to Solar, Wind, AD and Biomass

This guide covers the four big farm-scale renewables (solar PV, wind, anaerobic digestion and biomass), the heat pump add-on, the grid-connection.