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Back to Search26/09/26 Farming Today This Week: 'shambolic' and 'disheartening' SFI application process; pulses; heating oil costs
'Shambolic', 'disheartening' and 'carnage' - some of the words being used by farmers to describe the application process for England's biggest farm e…
1 day, 13 hours ago
25/09/2026: Heating oil costs, Bluetongue lessons, Beans as chicken feed
The millions of people in rural areas who rely on oil to heat their homes have seen prices rise by 40 per cent in the past two months alone. They're …
2 days, 14 hours ago
24/09/26 'Shambolic' and 'disheartening' SFI application process, British baked beans
'Shambolic', 'disheartening' and 'carnage' - some of the words being used by farmers to describe the application process for England's biggest farm e…
3 days, 14 hours ago
23/09/2026: Bluetongue, Defra funding, Growing pulses
Vets in the South West are testing breeding rams to see if the disease bluetongue has caused infertility. One vets practice in Devon said of the 500 …
4 days, 14 hours ago
22/09/26 Potato yields, Pulse growing
UK potato growers could be facing losses of almost £170 million because of this summer’s heatwaves and drought. That’s according to new analysis from…
5 days, 14 hours ago
21/09/2026 Pulses, SFI 'haves and have-nots', agricultural advisor training
More beans please - should the UK be growing more pulses? The Food Foundation looked into the potential for these crops and concluded that the UK co…
6 days, 14 hours ago
19/09/2026 The role of farming co-ops, Shepherd protests in Bucharest, International sheep dog trials
This week, we've been taking a closer look at agricultural co-ops, from very small-scale cooperative working up to huge dairy co-ops. Across Europe, …
1 week, 1 day ago
18/09/2026: Lib Dem Party Conference, Glutinous Snails, BBC Awards finalists, The Farmers Wife on stage.
Party conference season is underway and so we'll be catching up with the rural and farming policies of the main parties around the UK over the next f…
1 week, 2 days ago
17/09/26 Farmer protests in Romania, sheepdog trials, Scottish arable cooperative.
There have been violent clashes during big farmer protests in Romania. Thousands of shepherds have been demonstrating in the capital Bucharest about …
1 week, 3 days ago
16/09/26 Young trees in drought, wildfires, agricultural cooperative.
Farmers have been assessing the damage done by the summer's severe drought, but it's not just low crop yields they've had to face. Woodlands have als…
1 week, 4 days ago