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Poor harvest sparks NFU call for emergency farm support
The NFU is calling for emergency financial support for arable farmers after a drought-hit 2026 harvest left wheat, spring barley and oat yields below…
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FOI reveals £65m soil data gap in Sustainable Farming Incentive
More than £65 million was paid to farmers to assess and manage their soils under the Sustainable Farming Incentive, but the results were never…
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Dry conditions leave major UK crops below five-year average
Wheat, spring barley and oat yields have finished sharply below five-year averages after prolonged dry conditions made harvest 2026 another difficult…
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Third consecutive small wheat harvest puts UK market under pressure
UK wheat production is estimated at just 11.6 million tonnes this year, with feed wheat futures up 17% since July as a third successive small crop…
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Final call for farmers seeking up to £2m in peat funding
Farmers and land managers have just hours left to apply for grants worth up to £2 million for projects improving water management on England’s…
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UK farms face £10bn climate loss risk without stronger defences
UK farms could face agricultural losses of more than £10 billion in an extreme climate year unless investment in flood defences and resilience is…
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British growers face up to £169m hit from potato crop losses
More than 3.5 million tonnes could be wiped from potato production across Great Britain and four major European growers after drought and extreme…
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UK farmers join major push for more home-grown protein crops
A £4.8 million research project is targeting Europe’s reliance on imported soy for livestock feed by expanding the use of home-grown peas, beans and…
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Six-week fertiliser delays raise fresh concern ahead of spring demand
Farmers are being urged to plan fertiliser purchases earlier after some nitrate sulphur deliveries stretched to as long as six weeks. The warning…
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Yara opens Europe's largest carbon capture facility for fertiliser
Europe’s largest industrial carbon capture facility has opened at Yara’s Sluiskil fertiliser plant in the Netherlands, in a project expected to cut…
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