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15/06/26 Octopus bloom, Scottish organic farming

An emergency by-law has been passed in Cornwall, to restrict the number of boats coming in to take advantage of the ongoing bloom of octopus on the south coast. It's been described as a 'gold rush' as...

2026-06-19

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19/06/26 The Royal Highland Show and Scottish Government plans to cap prices on some essential foods.

Around 200,000 visitors will be visiting The Royal Highland Show this week. Farmers and growers will be showcasing their produce at the Royal Highland Centre on the edge of Edinburgh. There are around...

2026-06-19

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18/06/26 Change of Defra Farming Minister, Scottish greening policy, connected agri-tech

After Farming Minister Angela Eagle’s reshuffling out of DEFRA, we hear why the farming industry really doesn’t like ministerial churn. We're looking at Scottish agricultural policy all week. There’s...

2026-06-18

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17/06/26 Abattoir charges, pheasants and insects, Scottish farming with nature.

The owner of one of the last remaining abattoirs in the south east of England has said he's furious after a court ruled that the food regulator has been over charging for its hygiene and animal welfar...

2026-06-17

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16/06/26 Heathland birds, carabid beetles, Scottish agriculture policy

The British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) says three rare heathland birds are starting to recover. Its heathland bird survey - the first for 20 years - shows populations and spread of the nightjar, the ...

2026-06-16

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13/06/26 Farming Today This Week

The budget for the scheme which pays England's farmers for environmental work is revealed - but is it enough? With production costs rising following the war in the Middle East, the National Farmers' ...

2026-06-13

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12/06/26 Sustainable Farming Incentive, Cereal farming in Cumbria

The Department for Envrionment Food and Rural Affairs has announced how much money it’s making available to farmers in England through the Sustainable Farming Incentive - or SFI - for 2026. It’s somet...

2026-06-12

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10/06/26 New bovine TB strategy for England, cereals

A cattle vaccine to protect livestock from bovine TB could be in use on farms in England by 2030. That's one of the aims outlined in a new strategy for the eradication of bovine TB. The government com...

2026-06-10

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09/06/26 Flood funding, cattle cull, cereals

Somerset's to get an extra £50m investment to help the county deal with flooding. The government is giving the money to the county council who will work in partnership with local drainage boards, comm...

2026-06-09

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08/06/26 Brown or white eggs? The outlook for cereal farmers

How do you like your eggs? Brown or white? Sainsbury's has announced it's switching to white eggs for environmental reasons. With high prices for energy and fertiliser but not for their crops, and af...

2026-06-08

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06/06/26 - Farming Today This Week: Dartmoor ponies, water voles and land-based jobs

Dartmoor is famous for its semi-wild hill ponies that roam across the moorland. But concerns have been raised by the Dartmoor Hill Pony Association that new agri-environment schemes will require such ...

2026-06-06

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05/06/26 Dartmoor ponies, upland economics, Open Farm Sunday

Concerns have been raised that new agri-environment schemes will require such a steep drop in the numbers of grazing livestock that 90% of Dartmoor ponies will be lost. We’re talking about upland fa...

2026-06-05

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04/06/26 High Court rules the Food Standards Agency overcharged abattoirs, hydropower funding, upland farmer groups

A judgement from the High Court yesterday ruled that the Food Standards Agency has been 'unlawfully' charging abattoirs too much and that it wasn’t transparent enough about what it was charging for. T...

2026-06-04

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03/06/26 EU trade agreement, peat restoration and water voles, Scottish uplands

The government has published fresh guidance for farmers and food businesses to help them prepare for the new sanitary and phytosanitary - or SPS - agreement between the UK and the EU. It's expected to...

2026-06-03

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02/06/26 Rural skills gap, upland farming in Wales, Future Countryside.

A new report says there should be plenty of opportunities for young people to take up training and jobs in land-based work - but there's a 'skills squeeze'. The study by Lantra, a charity which provid...

2026-06-02

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01/06/26 Cost of wildfires, methane from sheep, upland farming

The latest analysis of wildfires shows that last year the UK recorded its highest burned area on record, including the country's first documented ‘megafire’ in Scotland, that's a fire which covers mor...

2026-06-01

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30/05/26 - Farming Today This Week: pig supply chain problems, hot weather impacts and singing farmers

Its been a record breakingly hot week across much, though not all, of the UK, and that's brought probems for farmers, with crops struggling and livestock at risk of overheating. We ask what more extre...

2026-05-30

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29/05/26 Water abstraction, food inflation, local food systems.

Water is a main topic of conversation amongst farmers at the moment - because it's in short supply. Memories of the wet winter have been dried out by the recent hot weather and those growing crops or ...

2026-05-29

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28/05/26 Rural crime, restoring signposts, Welsh food project

A new report shows that the cost of rural crime has fallen. Insurer NFU Mutual paid out £41.5 million in claims in 2025, compared to £44.1 million in 2024. However the theft of quad bikes has risen - ...

2026-05-28

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27/05/26 Heatwave and water shortages - the impact on farming, Scottish farm co-operative.

It’s been unseasonably hot over the last few days across much of the UK. Extreme heat means extra concerns for livestock farmers. The Irish government has issued guidance advising farmers not to trans...

2026-05-27

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