December 3: Farming in Five

Mart closure at Stratford-upon-Avon and Muller's MMG becomes official producer group

Rachael Brown

03 December 2024 • 1 min read

Welsh Conservative leader Andrew RT Davies has quit

Nigel Farage blasts lack of 'proper' full fat milk in hotels

Farming in Five: Thousands of farmers make their voices heard in Whitehall, and some backbencher Labour MPs raise concerns over IHT proposal

In today's Farming in Five, chief reporter Rachael Brown summarise the farmers' protest in Whitehall and concerns raised by some Labour backbencher MPs in yesterday's Westminster Hall debate, proposals for a new state-of-the-art abattoir in Orkney backed by Scotland's First Minister John Swinney, and new reward points being offered to potato growers who can an demonstrate best application practice at planting when using Nemathorin to manage key soil pests

Rachael Brown

11 February 2025 • 1 min read

Farming in Five

Farming in Five: Farmers descend on Westminster for the third time in recent months to protest against IHT changes

In today's Farming in Five, chief reporter Rachael Brown reports on farmer protest in Westminster over family family tax, followed by a debate in Westminster with MPs later today, a machinery auctioneer has seen a marked increase in the number of machinery valuations as farmers look to sell any surplus kit to help reduce the value of their estates, and UK beef production is expected to decrease by 5% in 2025, according to AHDB analysis

Rachael Brown

10 February 2025 • 1 min read

Farming in Five

Farming in Five: New NFU Scotland president announced and conference round up

In today's Farming in Five, head of news and business Alex Black speaks about the new NFU Scotland president Andrew Connon and a round up of all the goings on at this year's NFUS conference