Industry
UK Water Resources and Abstraction Licences 2026
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...
From the fields and beyond
UK farm policy and Defra news
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.
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.
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
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,.
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.
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 a working farm in 2026: the statutory…
