The latest, everything in order.
Every BritFarmers piece — news, guides, market updates and grant briefs — newest first. 117 pieces published, all human-written, all checked against primary sources.
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Industry
Clarkson expands Diddly Squat brand with major Ocado partnership
Ocado Partnership — Tim’s take:There’s a peculiar irony in watching a man who once drove tractors on television for entertainment now ship his farm p...
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Arable
UK Crop Protection 2026: A Working Grower’s IPM Guide
UK crop protection in 2026: HSE rules, residue specs, withdrawn actives, IPM in practice. From a working salad and veg grower in Suffolk.
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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 -
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.
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Arable
UK Precision Agriculture 2026: A Working Farmer’s Guide for Salad/Veg and Small Arable
What earns its keep on a sub-500-acre holding: precision kit for salad/veg and small arable, with SFI 2026, Capital Grants and FETF mapped against it.
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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.
26 min -
Arable
UK Salad and Vegetable Production: A Working Grower’s Guide to 2026
It covers the economics, agronomy, labour, cold chain and supermarket dynamics that decide whether a salad and vegetable holding clears its costs in 2026,.
25 min -
Livestock
UK Beef Farming in 2026: A Working Farmer’s Guide to Suckler and Finishing Systems
UK beef farming 2026: suckler calving, finishing systems, bTB testing, RUMA antibiotic targets, BPS phase-out — practical guide for working farmers.
21 min -
Livestock
UK Sheep Farming in 2026: A Working Farmer’s Guide to Lowland and Upland Flocks
UK sheep farming 2026: breeding, feeding, foot health, BTV-3, SFI options and lamb marketing for lowland and upland flocks — working farmer guide.
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Industry
Ni ploughing society raises £1,000 for children’s hospice
A Northern Ireland ploughing society has raised £1,000 for the only children's hospice serving the region, highlighting the strong tradition of rural.
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Industry
Ulster Farmers’ Union Elects New President John McLenaghan at AGM
A presidential election at the Ulster Farmers’ Union is worth a minute for that reason alone, even if the headline reads like a press release.
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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...
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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...
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Industry
John McLenaghan elected UFU president as union charts new course for
Ulster Farmers' Union elects Garvagh beef and biogas farmer John McLenaghan as president alongside returning and new deputy presidents at Loughry Campus.
7 min -
News
Ni firefighters working around the clock to protect homes land and lives
2,500 hectares burned across Northern Ireland in five days in late April is a useful line to keep, because the same fuel load conditions exist across a lot.
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Industry
Agri-BusinessReport: Scotland’s total farm income rises by 24% in 2025
Scotland's farm income hits record £1.5 billion in 2025, with beef sector leading a 24% surge. What this means for farmers across the UK.
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Livestock
Lambing Season UK 2026: A Complete Guide for Working Sheep Farmers
This guide pulls together the practical preparation, the disease watch, the kit list and the welfare framework for a UK lambing season in 2026, for indoo...
21 min -
News
Farm emissions fall — but progress uneven across England
New research reveals 18% farm emissions drop since 2010, but regional disparities raise questions about policy effectiveness and future farming incentives.
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See also
Primary source: Defra.