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.
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 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.
Grants
SFI 2026 (SFI26): A Working Farmer’s Guide to Payment Rates, the 71 Actions and the September Window
SFI 2026 actions, payment rates and the Window 2 opening Defra expects from 22 September, in plain English from a working Suffolk farmer.
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...
News
Record £8.5m enforcement funding signals new era of water company
8.5 million pounds in Enforcement Undertakings, up 47% in a year. What tougher water-company enforcement means for farms with watercourses or boreholes.
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.
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.
News
Ulster Farmers’ Union Demands Government Action as Input Costs Skyrocket
The Ulster Farmers' Union has fired a warning shot at Downing Street, writing directly to Prime Minister Kier Starmer and Secretary of State for Northern...
News
UK opens door to Japan’s £1.4 billion organic market
The UK and Japan formally recognised the equivalency of each other’s organic livestock standards, meaning British producers now need only a single UK.
News
Stormont passes landmark ANC Bill as cross-party backing delivers hope
In a rare display of political unity at Stormont, an Areas of Natural Constraint (ANC) Private Members’ Bill has cleared its second reading with backing.
