All news articles NEWSThis Week in Farming: Bovaer, slurry and Scots budgetWelcome back to This Week in Farming, your regular roundup of the best Farmers Weekly content in the past seven days. First, here’s your markets and, in a phrase I… NEWSApplications open for the 2025 Fresh AF programmeThe AF Group has opened applications for Fresh AF, a year-long programme designed to help 20 young farming professionals expand their knowledge and career opportunities in agriculture. Fresh AF aims… LIVESTOCK DISEASESBSE case confirmed on Scottish farmThe Scottish government have confirmed a single case of atypical bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) on a farm in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. This follows a case earlier in the year… FARM POLICYHill farmers left behind as ELM schemes unroll, says reportFarmers in upland areas are likely to be some of the hardest hit by the loss of support schemes, according to a new industry report. Analysis by the Energy and… FARM POLICYNFU plans banner campaign to drive home IHT messageThe NFU is planning an extensive banner campaign, starting on 19 December, as part of a new three-pronged approach to resisting the government’s inheritance tax (IHT) plans. Roadside banners will… POULTRYAvian influenza strikes turkey farm in NorfolkA new case of highly pathogenic avian influenza has been confirmed on a commercial free-range turkey premises, near Watton in mid-Norfolk – the third case of the current “season” (which… OPINIONEditor's View: Why Bovaer bashers should stop and thinkWhat are we to learn from the online uproar following Arla’s announcement about a trial of the methane-reducing supplement Bovaer? I would say it shows that solidarity in farming is… FARM POLICYLabour MPs squash opposition to 'family farm tax' plansTory attempts to overturn the so-called “family farm tax” with a vote in parliament ended in defeat on Wednesday 4 December as Labour used its sizeable majority to see off… AIR AND WATERDefra launches 'snap review' of autumn muckspreadingAlarm bells are ringing about the future of spreading organic manures in the autumn in England, after Defra launched a snap review of the statutory guidance used by the Environment… BUDGETScottish government pledges £660m to support farmersScottish finance secretary Shona Robison has pledged some £660m to support Scotland's farmers, crofters, and the wider rural community next year. It represents a slight increase on the previous ring-fenced… FARM POLICYTown hall rebellion grows against ‘family farm tax’Local authorities across the UK are pushing back against proposed inheritance tax changes targeting family farms, sparking what campaigners are calling a “town hall rebellion”. Motions condemning the policy, announced… CARBONWelsh project seeks to make carbon-absorbing biocharConverting slurry into carbon-absorbing biochar could help Welsh farmers meet new pollution control regulations. The concept of making biochar from manure is not new, but a project in Wales backed… NEWSKemi Badenoch forces vote to ‘save family farms’The stage is set for a political showdown on 4 December as Kemi Badenoch’s Conservatives prepare to bring a vote on Labour’s contentious inheritance tax (IHT) reforms, dubbed the “family… NEWSMidland Farmers to host farming rally in Melton MowbrayFarmers and supporters of British agriculture will gather in Melton Mowbray marketplace on Monday 9 December to celebrate and defend the sector amid growing challenges from the government’s Autumn Budget.… CRIMEFarm shop worker clings to bonnet of car driven by shoplifterA dramatic CCTV video has emerged showing a farm shop worker clinging to the bonnet of a car after confronting a shoplifter. The shocking event unfolded at Mainsgill Farmshop near… NEWSFarmers and wider industry unite to challenge IHT plansThe farmer organisers of last month’s London Farming Rally are extending their campaign against the government’s proposed changes to inheritance tax unveiled in the Autumn Budget. They are planning a… HEALTH AND SAFETYIndustry urged to address safety around trailer couplingsFarming and engineering organisations are being urged to improve the advice and safety around linkages and couplings, following an incident in which a car driver was killed when a trailer… DAIRY MARKETS AND PRICESArla faces backlash over trials with methane reducing BovaerDirect milk sellers have taken to social media to distance themselves from Arla Foods and its trial of the feed additive Bovaer on UK supplier farms after a consumer backlash… More articles
