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This Week in Farming: Biosecurity gap, OSR and best of Lamma

Welcome back to another edition of This Week in Farming. I hope your waterproofs are holding up, wherever you are. First, here are your market prices (opens as PDF). Red…

FINANCE

New calculator helps assess rising farm business energy costs

The NFU and NFU Energy have launched a free calculator to help farmers understand how rising Transmission Network Use of System (TNUoS) charges will affect their energy costs. Last September,…

MACHINERY

Yams heads stacked machinery show calendar

Farmers in the north of England who didn’t make it to Lamma will be able to get their machinery fix at next month’s Yorkshire Agricultural Machinery Show (Yams). The free-to-enter,…

HEALTH AND WELLBEING

Winter wellbeing strategies to boost business resilience

Anyone who is suffering, or suspects a staff member or colleague is struggling this winter should act early and use the wide range of dedicated agricultural support groups. Experts from…

LAND MARKETS

Land market: South-west England

Quality, sizeable commercial farms in the south-west of England saw greater demand than market availability throughout 2025. Buyer interest was strongest among the lifestyle demographic with diversification or environmental ambitions,…

FARMER FOCUS

Farmer Focus: UK organic area fails to hit demand

Another year started for Alice and I with two days at the excellent Oxford Real Farming Conference. With 2,000 delegates and 418 speakers from all continents, there really was something…

LIVESTOCK

How farming brothers are preparing for business succession

Clearly defined goals, and a roadmap for achieving them, are essential ingredients for a farming business to transition successfully to the next generation. Northumberland farming brothers Duncan and Angus Nelless…

NUTRITION AND FERTILISER

4 new nitrogen management technologies and how they work

Several firms across Europe are developing and launching new technologies for measuring the nitrogen requirements of arable crops. Improving nitrogen use efficiency has both environmental and economic advantages for farmers;…

NEWS

NFU presidential rivals lay out key priorities

NFU president Tom Bradshaw and deputy president David Exwood have set out their competing visions for the union’s future, ahead of a vote at the close of the annual NFU…

NEWS

Chlorinated chicken gets thumbs down in public survey

More than 151,000 shoppers have urged Britain’s biggest supermarkets to publicly commit to keeping chlorinated chicken and other lower-standard food imports off their shelves, amid renewed concern over UK-US trade…

FINANCE

Almost three-quarters of farms diversify to subsidise income

Defra’s farm accounts in England revealed a significant shift in income sources, with less revenue coming from traditional support payments and a greater reliance on agricultural activity, diversification, and agri-environmental…