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.

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,.

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 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.

SFI 2026: A Working Farmer’s Guide to the 71 Actions, Payment Rates and the June Window

SFI 2026 actions, payment rates and the June 2026 window for under-50ha farms, in plain English from a working Suffolk farmer.

Nz meat industry bodies release manifesto for 2026 election

New Zealand's major meat industry bodies have published a thorough manifesto calling on political parties to protect sheep and beef farmers as the countr...

Record £8.5m enforcement funding signals new era of water company

Water Company — Water-company enforcement headlines look like environment-desk territory until you realise the second-order effects land squarely on farm...