Farming in Five by Farmers Guardian
Farming in Five is your daily snippet of the latest news from Farmers Guardian, the UK's trusted agricultural information provider.
Episodes
308 episodes
Suckler herd in danger without support
Farming in Five: Dairy farmers meet new industry targets for antimicrobial use, farmer fined for 'extensive breaches' of cattle movement and bTB testing rules, rising pest risks: How the Met Office Is helping to safeguard UK crops and support n...
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'Cheap food is a priority' for Government, says Junior Minister
In today's Farming in Five, reaction as Kirsty McNeill tells a packed NFU Scotland conference that cheap food is a priority with warnings from farmers of the threat to public health and safety and farm businesses from a cheap food policy, Asda ...
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4:38
Mind Your Head Week: Farming charity tackles the subject of suicide head on
On today's farming in five, it is Mind Your Head Week and Yellow Wellies is looking to tackle farmers' mental health after figures revealed there were 47 suicides in the industry in 2024, floods expected as heavy rain falls and the King visits ...
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4:12
Major supermarkets make commitments to not stock chlorinated chicken
Farming in Five: Major supermarkets make commitments to not stock chlorinated chicken, Farmers First to lease out Wrexham abattoir, Efra Committee says UK farmers must not be disadvantaged in new EU deal, the Gov needs to clarify bTB next steps...
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5:44
Farmworker crushed to death after helping colleague
Farming in Five: Champion of Scottish agriculture and rural life dies aged 79, farmworker crushed to death as he helped younger colleague, 'Farm of the Future' launched to trial farm-scale regenerative potatoes and 1 in 10 farm property claims ...
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4:46
Woman to milk 10,000 cows in ten days for charity
Farming in Five: Northern Ireland's young farmers left with no support in 2026, says UFU, a woman is to milk 10,000 cows in ten days to raise money for charity, urgent action has been demanded on fly-tipping as farmers face thousands in clean-u...
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5:20
Rural churches bemoan Gov's 'worship tax' catch in new fund
Farming in Five: Rural churches bemoan Gov's 'worship tax' catch in new fund, new £21.5m funding offered to boost farm innovation, latest milk prices for dairy farmers: Muller confirms 34.5ppl March farmgate milk price and draconian planning po...
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5:46
Police defend probe into farm burglary which turned into welfare check
Farming in Five: Police defend probe into farm burglary which turned into welfare check, Welsh farmers to receive SFS support through £11m Farming Connect Programme, farming faces £800m loss owing to EU reset and young people open to careers in...
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4:46
Welsh councils 'disrespecting children's health' by serving up to 99% imported chicken in schools
Farming in Five: Waitrose reiterates promise not to source chlorinated chicken, empty shelves on Shetland are a reminder of the importance of food security, says MP, a man has been jailed following a £500k poultry meat fraud and Welsh councils ...
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High Court grants urgent hearing of judicial review into IHT
Farming in Five: High Court fast-tracks legal challenge over inadequate Government IHT consultation, farmers brace for further flooding as Storm Chandra takes hold and concerns raised over proposals to expand environmental permitting to include...
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5:35
Tesco responds to farmer letter calling for supermarkets to stand with farmers
Farming in Five: New study reveals emissions benefits of moorland grazing, women in farming report lower mental well-being than national average in every age group, study shows, Tesco responds to farmer letter calling for supermarkets to stand ...
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5:42
Vinnie Jones deals with grief and loss as farming show returns
Farming in Five: Vinnie Jones deals with grief and loss as farming show returns for new series, Fergus hits the road for farm education charity, countryside 'aggrieved' by withdrawal of rate relief support for deer and shooting businesses and p...
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5:34
ABP Linden announces plans to close its meat packaging facility
Farming in Five: ABP Linden announces plans to close its meat packaging facility, farmers protest at Lidl distribution centres, rural women offered free, four-day course to build skills and confidence, rumours of protest contract changes 'unequ...
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5:19
Bread and cereals named as drivers for inflation but 'where is the money going?'
Farming in Five: Scottish Parliament set to rule on wild goat petition, farmers increasingly left counting cost of fly-tipping, bread, cereals and veg named as drivers for inflation but 'where is the money going?' says NFU president and woolly ...
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6:40
New NFU Cymru president and deputy president elected
Farming in Five: Debate secured to stop 'rural antagonising' shotgun licence merger, New NFU Cymru president and deputy president elected and the NSA calls for engagement needed to reflect reality of commercial sheep farming.
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4:33
Trumps tariff threats are 'wrong' says PM
Farming in Five: Involvement in decision-making on farm associated with higher mental wellbeing for women, new research finds, Baroness Batters: farming representatives have to 'step up' if the industry is to survive and 'the use of tariffs aga...
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5:37
Muller site expansion may lead to same jobs created as jobs lost
Farming in Five: Pig and poultry protein regulatory changes delayed until EU SPS agreement in place, promotion for Labour MP in rural and farming research group, expansion of Muller Skelmersdale site could lead to same amount of jobs created as...
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5:29
IHT critic Robert Jenrick dismissed from tories after plotting to defect to reform
Farming in Five: Farmers must be consulted on future Manchester to Birmingham rail link, IHT critic Robert Jenrick dismissed from tories after plotting to defect to reform, Our Farm Next Door returns for series 3 and King Charles backs book cha...
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4:22
farmer depot blockades blamed by retailers for no food on the shelves
Farming in Five: Agricultural charities unveil winter support for farming families, farmer depot blockades blamed by retailers for no food on the shelves, LAMMA 2026 opens with wave of new tractor launches and British farmers 'more likely' to p...
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6:53
David Exwood to challenge Tom Bradshaw for NFU presidency
Farming in Five: NFU raises concerns over university vet school closure, EU expected to call for 'Farage clause' in SPS agreement, former gamekeeper sentenced after killing protected bird of prey with a stick, David Exwood to challenge Tom Brad...
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6:01
Farmland at risk from rapid solar expansion
Farming in Five: Farmland at risk from rapid solar expansion due to 'inconsistencies' in Environmental Impact Assessments, NSA puts dog owners in the spotlight with new sheep worrying study and NAAC stand at LAMMA to remember lives lost in farm...
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4:56
Clarkson's Farm confirmed for series six
Farming in Five: Clarkson's Farm confirmed for series six as Jeremy Clarkson hints at possible seventh, 'Facts are being ignored' - Countryside in uproar over plans to ban trail hunting, foxhounds killed by 65mph train during suspected hunt and...
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5:16
Defra Secretary says 'that is it' for IHT concessions
Defra Secretary Emma Reynolds has told the Oxford Farming Conference there will be no more movement on IHT proposals, the Oxford Real Farming Conference heard about the importance of land, trees and dung beetles and market analysts are watching...
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