Philip Clarke

More than 15,500 farm businesses in Wales have this week received their first advance payments under the 2024 Basic Payment Scheme (BPS), worth almost £158m.

A 15% reduction in the number of standards beef and sheep producers in Scotland are required to meet is on the cards, as part of a review by levy body Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) of the Scotch Beef and Scotch Lamb “geographical indicator” marques.

As speculation mounts that inheritance tax reliefs are a likely target in the upcoming Budget on 30 October, the NFU has warned of “serious impacts on family farms” if major changes are imposed.

Soft fruit and vegetable growers have expressed their disappointment that the number of migrant workers available for picking duties in 2025 will be reduced.

Outdoor-reared poultry that are compulsorily housed during an avian influenza outbreak look set to retain their free-range status, no matter how long they are contained.

A Somerset farmer and his farm business are facing fines and costs of more than £20,000 following a slurry pollution incident in 2022. Yeovil Magistrates

Welcome to the latest edition of This Week in Farming, our weekly round-up of the biggest stories to grace our website over the past seven days. In some

Farm leaders have put in a final plea to chancellor Rachel Reeves ahead of this week's Budget, not to end or tamper with agricultural property relief (APR) from inheritance tax (IHT).

Details of the continued phase-out of direct payments to farmers in England have been revealed by Defra following this week's Budget, with all recipients seeing 76% of their base amount removed in 2025.

It's that time of year again when we seek to take the pulse of the farming sector with our annual Farmers Weekly Sentiment Survey – and this year there's an added incentive to participate.