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• Knight Frank warns inaction now carries risk for rural estates and farms

  24-12-2025 12:02 via farminguk.com
  For many rural businesses, inheritance tax reform and rising costs have been the trigger that has pushed long-deferred decisions into the op...
  
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• Welsh government sets up expert panel to examine future of Crown Estate

  24-12-2025 07:29 via farminguk.com
  The future control of Wales’s common land, coastline, seabed and natural assets has moved back into sharp focus after the Welsh government s...
  
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• UK reindeer farmers face zoo licensing threat as MPs debate new bill

  24-12-2025 07:29 via farminguk.com
  UK reindeer farmers have warned their livelihoods are at risk as moves by some local authorities could see domesticated herds reclassified a...
  
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• Support rolled out for land managers hit by Scotland's record wildfires

  24-12-2025 07:29 via farminguk.com
  Farming and rural businesses that helped battle Scotland’s worst wildfires on record are beginning to receive financial support, after nearl...
  
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• Pig producers warned of 40-day standstill risk as ASF threat persists

  23-12-2025 14:51 via farminguk.com
  UK pig producers are being warned they could face at least 40 days without pig movements if African swine fever reaches the country, as rece...
  
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• Parasitic wasps remain effective against crop pests, new research finds

  23-12-2025 14:12 via farminguk.com
  Parasitic wasps remain an effective and resilient alternative to chemical pesticides for controlling crop pests, despite growing concerns ov...
  
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• Inheritance tax climbdown: £2.5m relief for farms after sector pressure

  23-12-2025 13:21 via farminguk.com
  Family farms will be able to pass on up to £2.5m in qualifying agricultural and business assets free of inheritance tax after ministers ease...
  
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• Nationwide dairy survey seeks farmer input on resilience and profitability

  23-12-2025 12:30 via farminguk.com
  UK dairy farmers are being urged to act before 14 January as a nationwide survey opens, giving producers a direct opportunity to influence h...
  
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• Quad bike thefts in Northumbria soar 276% amid farm security warning

  23-12-2025 08:11 via farminguk.com
  Quad bike thefts in Northumbria have surged by 276% this year, costing farmers an estimated £89,000 and prompting a security alert from NFU ...
  
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• Farmland market set for realism in 2026 after values adjust, analysts say

  23-12-2025 08:11 via farminguk.com
  Resilience and realism will define the farmland market in 2026 after a year in which land values finally adjusted following nearly five year...
  
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• Trail hunting ban dismissed as 'virtue signalling' in animal welfare backlash

  23-12-2025 05:42 via farminguk.com
  The government’s move to ban trail hunting has been branded “virtue signalling” by countryside campaigners, amid warnings that its new Anima...
  
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• Tight supplies keep livestock prices strong as sector looks to 2026

  22-12-2025 14:32 via farminguk.com
  Tight livestock supplies and competitive prices are creating valuable opportunities for producers as the industry heads into 2026, according...
  
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• UK wine industry hails 'outstanding' 2025 harvest as output hits 16m bottles

  22-12-2025 14:06 via farminguk.com
  Britain’s wine industry is toasting one of its strongest harvests on record, with an early season, exceptional fruit quality and production ...
  
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• NFU Scotland presses ministers to prioritise local food in public procurement

  22-12-2025 14:06 via farminguk.com
  Scotland is missing a major opportunity to back its own farmers and improve diets in schools and hospitals, NFU Scotland has warned, as it c...
  
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• Cages and crates targeted in sweeping farm welfare reforms

  22-12-2025 13:35 via farminguk.com
  Farmers are being urged to prepare for far-reaching changes to livestock systems as the government sets out what it describes as the biggest...
  
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• New iron-based slug pellet promises faster feeding stop for UK growers

  22-12-2025 10:25 via farminguk.com
  UK growers facing continued slug pressure have a new control option following the launch of a molluscicide built around a novel active ingre...
  
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• Calls for £76m to safeguard Wales' Sustainable Farming Scheme

  22-12-2025 07:22 via farminguk.com
  Welsh farmers are warning that the Sustainable Farming Scheme (SFS) risks falling short unless firm funding commitments are secured ahead of...
  
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• Scottish YFCs win major funding lift — but urgent donations still needed

  22-12-2025 06:07 via farminguk.com
  Scotland’s Young Farmers have secured a major six-figure funding boost towards a new national centre — but have warned that urgent further d...
  
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• Tenant farmers warn policy imbalance threatens UK food production in 2026

  21-12-2025 05:46 via farminguk.com
  Domestic farming policy must be rebalanced in 2026 or risk further undermining food production, rural businesses and confidence across the t...
  
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• Farmers win one-year reprieve from digital tax rules after pressure

  20-12-2025 07:05 via farminguk.com
  Farmers have secured a crucial one-year reprieve from new digital tax rules after the NFU warned the system had not been properly tested for...
  
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• H&H Group more than doubles profits to £3m as rural strategy pays off

  19-12-2025 16:03 via farminguk.com
  UK-based rural services business H&H Group has more than doubled its annual profits to £3 million and boosted shareholder returns, marking a...
  
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• Welsh sheep genetics drive £50,000-a-year margin boost for farmers

  19-12-2025 12:06 via farminguk.com
  Welsh sheep farmers taking part in a genetics programme are seeing average annual margin gains of more than £50,000, as new data highlights ...
  
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• Growers sound alarm over 5p Christmas veg deals in supermarkets

  19-12-2025 12:06 via farminguk.com
  UK supermarkets selling Christmas dinner vegetables for as little as 5p a bag have been warned that deep festive discounting risks undermini...
  
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• Ministers move to prevent vet medicine shortages in Northern Ireland

  19-12-2025 11:23 via farminguk.com
  Ministers have launched a new expert-led forum to head off disruption to veterinary medicine supplies in Northern Ireland, as major regulato...
  
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• Farmers fear new National Park could add pressure to rural Wales

  19-12-2025 10:50 via farminguk.com
  Plans to create a new National Park in North East Wales risk undermining farming businesses and stretching already pressured rural services,...
  
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• Green groups walk out of Scottish farm policy process, citing 'failed' reform

  19-12-2025 10:22 via farminguk.com
  Leading environmental groups have resigned from the Scottish government’s farming policy process, warning that it has failed to deliver mean...
  
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• Cattle attacks on South West Coast Path lead to £5,000 fine for farmer

  19-12-2025 10:22 via farminguk.com
  A Cornish farmer has been fined after repeated cattle attacks on a popular coastal footpath left walkers fearing for their lives and a 75-ye...
  
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• Hill farmers 'being asked to plan blind' without sea eagle scheme funding

  18-12-2025 15:29 via farminguk.com
  Hill farmers and crofters risk entering the 2026 lambing season without vital protection unless funding for the Sea Eagle Management Scheme ...
  
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• Farm vet visit payments to rise by 16% under animal health scheme

  18-12-2025 15:29 via farminguk.com
  Farmers will receive higher payments for vet visits from January, with funding for animal health and welfare reviews rising by an average of...
  
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• New law targets dog attacks on farm animals with unlimited fines

  18-12-2025 14:08 via farminguk.com
  Dog owners whose pets attack or chase farm animals now face unlimited fines, as ministers move to tackle a problem that costs farmers an est...
  
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• Farmers raise more than £30,000 for rural charities at Shropshire ball

  18-12-2025 13:16 via farminguk.com
  Hundreds of farmers and rural supporters have raised more than £30,000 for charity after coming together for the inaugural Farmers’ Charity ...
  
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• NFU backs planning shake-up as government moves to give farms a default 'yes'

  18-12-2025 11:51 via farminguk.com
  Farmers could soon face fewer planning hurdles under government proposals that would see councils give a default “yes” to agricultural devel...
  
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• Farmers get Batters review at last as ministers launch new farming board

  18-12-2025 11:24 via farminguk.com
  Ministers have published Baroness Minette Batters’ long-awaited Farm Profitability Review after months of delay, alongside the launch of a n...
  
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• Scotland's farms and rural businesses face 'existential threat' from new rates

  18-12-2025 10:56 via farminguk.com
  Hundreds of diversified rural businesses face an “existential threat” from new business rates due to take effect from 1 April 2026, Scottish...
  
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• Farmers regain right to trigger ragwort enforcement

  18-12-2025 07:35 via farminguk.com
  Farmers and landowners will once again be able to trigger enforcement action on ragwort from 1 April 2026, after Natural England agreed to r...
  
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• British Lion eggs to invest £1.5m in major 2026 marketing push

  17-12-2025 15:18 via farminguk.com
  British Lion eggs will invest £1.5m in a major new marketing campaign in 2026, as the egg sector looks to capitalise on shifting eating habi...
  
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• £400 heating payments available for farming and crofting families

  17-12-2025 14:49 via farminguk.com
  Farmers and crofters struggling with rising heating bills this winter are being urged to seek help, with RSABI offering payments of at least...
  
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• NFU Scotland urges £90m farm funding boost ahead of Scottish budget

  17-12-2025 12:33 via farminguk.com
  NFU Scotland has urged ministers to deliver a £90m uplift in farm funding as budget decisions loom, warning that now is the moment to turn p...
  
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• Seven in 10 farmers say supermarket relations have worsened

  17-12-2025 09:49 via farminguk.com
  Nearly seven in 10 farmers say their relationship with supermarkets has worsened over the past two years, prompting renewed calls for a sing...
  
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• NFU Mutual charity backs 28 rural causes with £1.2m funding

  17-12-2025 09:49 via farminguk.com
  NFU Mutual’s Charitable Trust has distributed more than £1.2m to rural and community causes across the UK in 2025, backing 28 organisations ...
  
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• Government launches consultation to ease agricultural planning rules

  17-12-2025 09:31 via farminguk.com
  Ministers have launched a new consultation on planning reform that could make it easier for farmers and rural businesses to expand, while ac...
  
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• New docuseries shows agri-tech cutting farm emissions by a third

  17-12-2025 07:46 via farminguk.com
  A new documentary series showing farm emissions cut by a third is putting agri-tech in the spotlight as a practical tool for tackling some o...
  
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• Red tape holding back UK’s £6bn seaweed farming opportunity

  16-12-2025 17:25 via farminguk.com
  Coastal farmers could be missing out on a fast-growing diversification opportunity worth billions, as licensing delays and red tape continue...
  
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• New digital platform set to boost Big Farmland Bird Count in 2026

  16-12-2025 15:32 via farminguk.com
  Counting Britain’s farmland birds will be easier than ever next winter as the Big Farmland Bird Count returns in February 2026 with a new di...
  
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• Farmers face ongoing water strain as drought extends into winter, NFU warns

  16-12-2025 12:56 via farminguk.com
  Drought conditions extending into December are heightening concerns for farmers, with the NFU warning that significant water challenges pers...
  
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• Sewage sludge on farms under scrutiny as poll backs water firm accountability

  16-12-2025 11:18 via farminguk.com
  Public pressure is mounting on ministers and water companies over the use of sewage sludge on farmland, after new polling revealed overwhelm...
  
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• Police recover £520,000 of stolen farm machinery across Lincolnshire

  16-12-2025 10:37 via farminguk.com
  Police in Lincolnshire have recovered more than £520,000 worth of stolen farm machinery and vehicles over the past year, highlighting the sc...
  
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• Lincolnshire farm breaks new ground with first English olive harvest

  16-12-2025 10:09 via farminguk.com
  A Lincolnshire farm is redefining what can be grown in the UK as it completes the first harvest from what is believed to be the world’s most...
  
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• UK farming urged to move beyond survival mode, new report warns

  16-12-2025 08:50 via farminguk.com
  British farming faces a defining moment as volatility, policy uncertainty and climate pressures force the sector to rethink how it survives ...
  
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