December 30: Farming in Five

A look back at the red meat and poultry sector in 2024

Alex Black

30 December 2024 • 1 min read

Farming Matters: Harry Bowell - 'Hill farmers are ideally placed to deliver gains for nature and deserve to be rewarded'

Prices rise but confidence remains low for dairy in 2024

March 5: Pancake Day protests and milk price update

In today's Farming in Five, head of news and business Alex Black takes a look at the Pancake Day rally event in London on March 4 and gives an update on the dairy market, including the latest prices from Arla and Muller

Alex Black

05 March 2025 • 1 min read

Farming in Five

March 4: Exeter mart given green light to continue after foot-and-mouth scare and farmers march through London on Pancake Day

In today's Farming in Five, head of news and business Alex Black gives an update on the situation at Exeter livestock mart after an APHA incident caused it to cancel primestock sales on Monday. The mart has been given the green light to hold sales today after sheep purchased on Friday tested negative for both foot-and-mouth and bluetongue. It is Pancake Day and farmers are in London today, protesting the changes to Inheritance Tax and showcasing the work that goes into the ingredients needed for pancakes, as another Labour MP speaks out against the changes

Alex Black

04 March 2025 • 1 min read

Farming in Five

March 3: Farmer handed 12 month prison sentence after death of son and look ahead to Pancake Day rally

In today's Farming in Five, head of news and business Alex Black discusses the Bury farmer handed a 12 month prison sentence after the death of his son in July 2022, plans for the Pancake Day rally to be held in London on March 4 and an update on milk prices

Alex Black

03 March 2025 • 1 min read