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• Single Application Forms window soon opens for Welsh farmers

  18-02-2025 09:08 via farminguk.com
  
  Farmers in Wales are being reminded that the application window to the Single Application Forms (SAF) opens on 3 March.The SAF completio...
  
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• Wales' largest rewilding site revealed in Ceredigion's Cambrian Mountains

  10-02-2026 17:34 via farminguk.com
  Wales’s largest rewilding site has been unveiled, with a 1,195-acre landscape in the Cambrian Mountains set to be managed for nature recover...
  
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• GLP-1 weight loss drugs set to reshape demand for UK dairy products

  10-02-2026 14:47 via farminguk.com
  The boom in GLP-1 weight loss drugs could trigger one of the biggest shifts in UK dairy consumption in years, according to new analysis from...
  
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• Nine in 10 farmers say sustainability work goes unrecognised

  10-02-2026 13:41 via farminguk.com
  Nearly all farmers believe their sustainability work is being ignored, despite widespread action already taking place on farms across the UK...
  
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• Asda calls for pause on farm inheritance tax reforms

  10-02-2026 13:41 via farminguk.com
  Asda has urged ministers to suspend the so-called “family farm tax”, as farmers warn inheritance changes could make it harder to pass land o...
  
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• KFC boosts British chicken spend to almost £100m a year

  10-02-2026 11:01 via farminguk.com
  KFC is increasing its investment in British poultry, committing to spend almost £100m a year on UK chicken as it expands domestic sourcing a...
  
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• Court fines farmer nearly £11k over cattle movement and TB offences

  10-02-2026 07:50 via farminguk.com
  A Leicestershire farmer has been fined almost £11,000 in a case Trading Standards say underlines the importance of strict cattle movement re...
  
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• Stolen farm telehandler used in cashpoint raid, police warn farmers

  10-02-2026 07:29 via farminguk.com
  Farmers in the south west are being urged to tighten security around machinery after a stolen telehandler was used in a ram-raid at a Co-op ...
  
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• Warmer UK climate raises risk of new crop pests, Met Office warns

  09-02-2026 17:09 via farminguk.com
  Farmers could face a growing wave of invasive pests as rising temperatures make the UK more hospitable to new species, the Met Office has wa...
  
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• Wynnstay upbeat on outlook after rise in underlying profits

  09-02-2026 15:41 via farminguk.com
  Wynnstay has reported a rise in underlying profits during a year of operational change, as the agricultural supplies and services group push...
  
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• Heavy rain keeps flood threat high with 100 warnings across England

  09-02-2026 14:05 via farminguk.com
  Farmers across England are facing renewed flood risk after weeks of relentless rain, with no let-up forecast and more heavy downpours expect...
  
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• Scottish government promises no funding 'cliff edges' for agriculture

  09-02-2026 10:59 via farminguk.com
  Scottish farmers were promised long-term funding stability and fresh investment as the First Minister addressed the NFU Scotland AGM in Glas...
  
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• Hidden colostrum failures leave calves exposed despite 'high-quality' milk

  09-02-2026 10:32 via farminguk.com
  More than three-quarters of calves on one dairy farm failed to absorb enough immunity from colostrum — despite it testing as “high quality” ...
  
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• Welsh beef sector at crossroads as suckler herd numbers fall 40%

  09-02-2026 10:09 via farminguk.com
  Wales’ suckler cow herds are facing a steep and sustained decline, prompting NFU Cymru to call for urgent action to secure the future of Wel...
  
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• Mental health crisis deepens in UK farming after 47 suicides in 2024

  09-02-2026 08:00 via farminguk.com
  Farmers across the UK are reaching breaking point as new research shows mental wellbeing has fallen to its lowest level in four years.Th...
  
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• NFU calls for safeguards to stop undercutting imports in future EU deal

  08-02-2026 16:32 via farminguk.com
  Farmers must not be left exposed to abrupt EU rule alignment and lower-standard competition, MPs have said, as they backed NFU calls for a t...
  
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• Two new beaver release licences granted in South West England

  07-02-2026 10:36 via farminguk.com
  Farmers in South West England are being urged to engage with new plans to reintroduce wild beavers, after Natural England approved two furth...
  
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• NI farmers stage fresh Tesco protest over IHT and farm incomes

  06-02-2026 17:17 via farminguk.com
  Farmers For Action NI has staged a fresh protest outside a Tesco Extra store in Antrim, as part of its ongoing campaign against proposed inh...
  
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• Arable farmers 'shock absorber' in supply chain, says NFU response to Defra

  06-02-2026 14:49 via farminguk.com
  The NFU has called for urgent reform of the UK combinable crops supply chain, warning that without fairer treatment for growers the long-ter...
  
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• Questions for border controls as ASF-infected meat products reach UK market

  06-02-2026 12:08 via farminguk.com
  The UK pig sector is demanding urgent action after products linked to a Vietnamese company accused of using African swine fever (ASF) infect...
  
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• CLA says business rates hikes may hit farm wedding diversification

  06-02-2026 11:12 via farminguk.com
  Rising business rates could threaten the future of countryside wedding venues, the Country Land and Business Association (CLA) has warned, a...
  
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• Shoppers warned over egg box swapping scam in supermarkets

  06-02-2026 10:41 via farminguk.com
  Shoppers are being warned about a growing supermarket scam after reports that some customers are swapping cheaper eggs into higher-priced bo...
  
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• Union warns of 'critical choice' for Scottish farming ahead of next parliament

  06-02-2026 08:13 via farminguk.com
  NFU Scotland has issued a clear challenge to ministers as it unveiled its 2026 manifesto, warning that the next parliamentary term will be c...
  
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• Defra-backed trials aim to halve synthetic nitrogen use on dairy farms

  05-02-2026 15:16 via farminguk.com
  Dairy farms could soon cut their reliance on synthetic nitrogen fertiliser without sacrificing yields, as scientists begin testing biologica...
  
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• NFU Scotland ramps up pressure on ministers over 'misleading' food labels

  05-02-2026 14:01 via farminguk.com
  NFU Scotland has called on the UK government to urgently overhaul food labelling rules, stepping up pressure on ministers as politicians and...
  
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• Future dairy leader crowned as RABDF names Student of the Year 2026

  05-02-2026 12:25 via farminguk.com
  A Harper Adams University student has beaten fierce national competition to claim one of the dairy industry’s most respected student awards....
  
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• Farmers still lead buyers as UK farmland market steadies

  05-02-2026 11:34 via farminguk.com
  The UK farmland market has proved more resilient than many expected, holding firm through 2025 despite tighter supply, policy uncertainty an...
  
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• Half an hour could help UK bird conservation as farmland count starts

  05-02-2026 10:46 via farminguk.com
  Farmers and landowners are being urged to grab half an hour from tomorrow as the Big Farmland Bird Count 2026 begins across the UK.The a...
  
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• Grower confidence at stake as Frontier weighs in on Defra contract plans

  05-02-2026 10:28 via farminguk.com
  Frontier Agriculture has told Defra that confidence for growers must be strengthened if changes to combinable crops contracts are to work in...
  
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• Emergency bid to keep mancozeb fails, GB Potatoes confirms

  05-02-2026 09:48 via farminguk.com
  Potato growers will head into the 2026 season without access to mancozeb after industry efforts to secure emergency approval for its continu...
  
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