Industry
UK Farm Insurance 2026: A Working Farmer’s Guide
A working policyholder's guide to UK farm insurance in 2026 - major insurers, cover types, premium drivers and the exclusions that catch people.
From the fields and beyond
UK farming news
What’s moving in UK farming this week — DEFRA announcements, market shifts, technology rollouts and the trade decisions that hit the gate price. Coverage from outside the press release: policy detail and on-farm consequences side by side, written by Suffolk grower Tim Harfield.
Grants
Farm payments reform UK: what working farmers need next
Farm payments reform UK: what working farms need next from SFI26 and future schemes — earlier rules, stable terms and realistic rates.
Industry
UK Farm Tenancies 2026: Farm Business Tenancies (FBT), AHA Holdings, Rent Reviews and What to Negotiate
Working tenant farmer’s 2026 guide to Farm Business Tenancies and AHA holdings — rent reviews, succession, notice, fixed equipment, SFI rules.
Farming Grants
SFI for vegetable growers: what actually fits in 2026
SFI for vegetable growers in 2026: soil, IPM, nutrient and wildlife actions that fit small horticulture holdings, plus traps to avoid.
Arable
UK Cover Crops and Catch Crops 2026
SFI CSAM2 rates, species mixes, drilling and termination, and the salad/veg vs arable economics of UK cover and catch crops in 2026.
Industry
What it actually costs to grow polytunnel salad in the UK — real numbers from 21 years in Suffolk
What polytunnel salad actually costs to grow in the UK — setup, yields, channels and margins from 21 years on a Suffolk holding. No glossy figures.
Industry
UK Hedgerow and Field Boundary Management 2026
This guide pulls together the SFI 2026 hedgerow actions, the Hedgerows Regulations 1997, the bird-nesting closed period, cutting cycles for biodiversity,.
Industry
Countryside Stewardship 2026: a working farmer’s guide
What is actually running in Countryside Stewardship 2026: Higher Tier, the two Capital Grants routes, CSMT extensions and what stacks with SFI.
Arable
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.
Industry
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.
