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The Organic Action Plan for England (OAPE) sets out how government and the organic sector will work together from 2026 to 2036 and beyond, to grow domestic production, improve market opportunities and help more people understand what organic farming offers.

New research explores how better nitrogen management could reduce agriculture's energy use and carbon footprint. The study estimates potential reductions of 8.8–13.0% in CO₂-equivalent impacts and fertiliser-related energy use by 16–40%.

The Langhill breeding experiment was established in the early 1970s and still continues to operate at the SRUC Dairy Research Centre at Crichton Royal Farm, Dumfries.

The ideas are rarely the problem. Most landowners can name a corner of the yard, a redundant building or an awkward field that could earn more. What is harder to judge is which idea is worth the investment, and how long it will take to get the money back.

“Rather than relying on a single intervention, the system stacks a series of complementary innovations including reduced tillage, organic matter inputs, cover and companion cropping, more targeted pesticide use, nutrient budgeting and biodiversity-supporting field features with the aim of maintaining productive farming while reducing reliance on external inputs and improving soil condition, biodiversity and wider environmental performance over the long term.”

Autumn is a sensible point to review the practical arrangements that keep estates, farms and property portfolios safe, accessible and and operational throughout the winter.

In a sector that has spent years discussing climate change in the future tense, this summer has rather firmly, moved the conversation into the present.

Farmers and farm workers across Wales are being encouraged to take part in a unique series of practical emergency first aid workshops designed specifically for the realities of working in agriculture.

The report cites Scottish Government figures which show that without taking into account government subsidy payments, farms in Scotland made on average just £500 in profit last year (2024 – 2025), following an average loss of £13,900 the previous year (2023-2024). For many smaller farms their reality is one of desperately low incomes, debt, long working hours and poor well-being.

A Yorkshire farmer's daughter is touring England to help families with the conversations they avoid.

The UK’s cut-flower sector is undergoing a significant revival creating new opportunities for UK farmers.

Biodiversity Net Gain and conservation covenants are turning farmland into something new - land that earns a contracted income for 30 years or more. Yet most valuations still treat it as ordinary agricultural land. This risks getting the figure wrong for sales, lending and inheritance tax, and shows how a familiar commercial valuation method can put it right.