Category · Policy

Everything filed under Policy.

DEFRA announcements, post-Brexit agricultural policy and government consultations explained in plain English. What changed, what's in the document, and what it means for the farm office that has to fill in the paperwork. No press-release rewrites — read, decoded and put into context.

  1. 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.

    24 min
  2. 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.

    19 min
  3. Industry

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

    UK Carbon Farming — Last updated: May 2026. This guide pulls together how the UK’s net-zero framework actually lands on […]

    18 min
  4. Industry

    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.

    23 min
  5. Industry

    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.

    24 min
  6. Grants

    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.

    25 min
  7. News

    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...

    6 min
  8. News

    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...

    6 min
  9. Policy

    Class Q & Class R Permitted Development Rights: A Working Farmer’s Guide to Converting Farm Buildings in 2026

    A working farmer's guide to converting farm buildings under Class Q, Class R and Part 6 PD rights — the 2024 reforms, prior approval and the traps.

    22 min
  10. Policy

    Farm Inheritance Tax After the 2024 Budget: A Working Farmer’s Guide to APR, BPR and the April 2026 Reforms

    Plain-English UK farm inheritance tax 2026 guide — APR, BPR, the £2.5m allowance from April 2026, and practical succession steps.

    20 min