Farming Today

19/04/25 Farming Today This Week: wildfires, British fa...

If you're travelling in mainland Europe this Easter and thinking about possibly ...

Foot and mouth personal meat import ban, gearing up for...

Travellers have been banned from bringing meat from all EU countries into the UK...

12/04/2025 Farming Today This Week: Salmon Farming, Wil...

Salmon farming has long been plagued by questions over its environmental impact ...

10/04/2025 Wildfires and managing moorland, farmed salm...

Firefighters across the country have been tackling more wildfires this week - f...

09/04/25 Funding for checks at the border, salmon farming

Farmers are calling for the government to look again at the amount of funding it...

Scottish Farm Incomes, US Trade Red Lines, Farmed Trout

The Scottish Farm Business Survey has revealed a big drop in average farm income...

05/04/25 Farming Today This Week: Trump's trade tariffs...

President Trump's announcement of sweeping new tariffs on goods entering the Uni...

04/04/2025 Tariffs and global food trade, Isles of Scil...

Donald Trump’s new tariff regime, imposing at least a 10% tariff on all imports ...

03/04/25 Extreme risk of wildfires, review of environme...

Firefighters are warning of the 'extreme risk' of wildfires in Scotland. The fir...

02/04/25 Housing shortages in Scottish islands, Farming...

This week we're taking a closer look at the rural lives of islanders around our ...

01/04/25 Review of agricultural pollution rules in Wale...

An independent review has backed controversial muck-spreading regulations for fa...

31/03/25 Lifeline for Guernsey dairy farmers, wartime f...

Guernsey dairy farmers have welcomed a decision to increase the support they rec...

29/03/25 Farming Today This Week: Bird flu in a sheep; ...

Bird flu has been found in a sheep for the first time. DEFRA said the case in Yo...

28/03/25 Investigation into supply chain arbitration, s...

Farmers are too afraid to use a government system that was set-up to improve the...

27/03/25 Chancellor's spring statement, pullets, nitrog...

The Chancellor's spring statement has drawn a mixed reaction from the rural comm...

26/03/25 Red Tractor responds to farm assurance review,...

Red Tractor has responded to an independent review into the assurance scheme. A ...

25/03/25 Bird flu in sheep, free-range eggs, restoring ...

Bird flu has been found in a sheep for the first time. DEFRA said the case in Yo...

24/3/25 National pesticides action plan, egg week overv...

The UK has set a pesticide reduction target of 10% over the next five years. The...

21/03/25 New National Forest, Biosecurity at the border...

England is to have a new National Forest. The Western Forest will be planted acr...

20/03/25 - Fairness in the supply chain, biosecurity me...

There’ve been cases of foot and mouth disease in Germany, Hungary and Romania th...

19/03/25 - Rural pubs, avian flu biosecurity and nurdle...

Rural communities could find it increasingly difficult to save their local pubs ...

18/03/25 - Hare coursing, xylella and soil microplastics

Farmers who've had illegal hare coursers on their land are warning it’s only a m...

17/03/25 Covid anniversary and its legacy on farms. Bio...

It's five years since the first covid lockdown - for farmers it was in some sens...

14/03/25 - Farming Minister on closing the environmenta...

The Farming Minister has told Farming Today that it's the success of England's b...

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