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Oct 30, 2026
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This is your Farming in 5 daily news update from Farmers Guardian.
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In today's episode of Farming in 5, farmers dismissed the Chancellor's budget as damp squib, DEFRA has been criticised over its £1.9 million pledge to the Rothbury estate, the Scottish Government has announced that the calving interval will be reduced in the suckler beef support scheme and a Labrador gathering at Clarkson's Pub supports farmers' mental health charities.
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Now, farmers have shared their frustration over the lack of focus and support for farming in the Chancellor's autumn budget.
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Thank you both for that really insightful discussion.
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So next up, I wanted to bring in a new little idea we are trialling as part of our Farmers Guardian podcast.
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It's called What's Your Beef? Now, we all know farmers love to give their opinion over share and vent their frustrations from time to time.
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And there is nothing wrong in that.
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And thank you, everyone, who sent their voice notes in.
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It's been a real pleasure talking to you both.
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Thank you ever so much for joining me on this week's episode of the Farmers Guardian podcast.
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And thank you to those at home for listening.
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This is your Farming in 5 daily news update from Farmers Guardian.
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In today's episode of Farming in 5, the Chancellor is to cut fertiliser tariffs to give farmers more room to breathe, a Labour MP has challenged the Farming Minister over the lack of evidence in the pig slaughter consultation and a petition calls to reject a 4,700 acre solar and data centre development in West Norfolk.
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Now the government has announced that in tomorrow's budget they will be cutting fertilizer tariffs to give farming businesses more room to breathe The tariff reduction will come into effect on November 26 and will enable importers to source fertilizer from a broad range of countries including ones that currently face tariffs which Defra said will improve supply and reduce import costs The DEFRA Secretary Dame Angela Eagle said the government was taking decisive action to help ease rising import costs.
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The 52,000 hectare estate near Exeter has been part of the Duchy since 1337 but in March of this year it was announced the land was set to be sold to raise money for what the Prince sees as other priorities including homelessness and climate change.
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Reporting on that news, Farmers Guardian heard from residents, tenant farmers and local councillors who all expressed their disappointment that the estate was set to broken up.
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Speaking at the time, Tenant Farmers Association Chief Executive George Dunn said the organisation had been left disheartened by the farm's sale.
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However, comments in yesterday's Observer newspaper accused the Duchy of betrayal as local residents feared jobs and homes will be lost.
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This is your Farming
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in 5 daily news update from Farmer's Guardian.
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In this episode of Farming in 5, people in the UK are being urged to stockpile essential food items to combat possible shortages due to supply chain disruption.
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The Prime Minister has ordered military aircraft to support firefighters tackling wildfires as the country faces increasingly severe weather conditions.
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This is your Farming in 5 daily news update from Farmers Guardian.
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Hopes of another government U-turn on the family farm tax at next week's budget have been dealt a serious blow.
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Farming Minister Stephen Morgan has told MPs the government position on its controversial inheritance tax reforms is now settled.
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However, farming organisations and rural Labour MPs have continued to push for the reforms to be scrapped altogether.
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And while Mr Morgan's comments do not formally rule out further changes in the budget, they certainly suggest the government is standing firm.
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You can read the full story and watch the exchange in Parliament on the Farmers Guardian website.
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Elsewhere, a Farmers Guardian investigation has revealed that the Animal and Plant Health Agency is seeking to recover more than £600,000 from farmers following an error in bovine TB compensation payments.
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An exclusive Freedom of Information request found 321 livestock keepers had been contacted over payments dating back to 2020.
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[upbeat music] This is your Farming in Five daily news update from Farmers Guardian.
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In today's episode of Farming in Five, a Dalcherla shearling sets the Blackface record, successors are deterred from taking on their family farms, the Newbury tractor protest calls for an end to the family farm tax in the Chancellor's budget, and a recent India trade visit reaffirms the need to protect the domestic market, says NFU.
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No fewer than 40 rams sold at five figure prices and a new record for a Blackface shearling ram was set at a packed Dalmalley market.
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And finally, export markets do open up opportunities, but we should never take our eye off the value of the domestic market, according to NFU President Tom Bradshaw.
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Last week, Mr. Bradshaw joined the Defra Secretary Dame Angela Eagle and the Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds, alongside food and drink exporters on a trade trip to India in a quest to unlock the export opportunities for farmers.
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Speaking to Farmers Guardian afterwards, Mr. Bradshaw was asked if he had any concerns with the recent comments from Dame Angela around the need to develop export markets to ensure long-term stability and profitability for farmers and if this distracted from the government's focus on strengthening the domestic marketplace.
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Mr. Bradshaw said exports were an important part of keeping the domestic market honest, but he said it was important Defra grasped that the challenges faced domestically relating to drought and water availability were also pressures felt in countries beyond Europe and felt in India too, which made it even more important to protect the resilience of the domestic food system.
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When it comes to a trading relationship with India, Mr. Bradshaw flagged a technical barrier in the way which was stopping lamb being exported.
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We'd also love to hear from you on how you enjoy the Farmers Guardian podcast.
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If you have any feedback for us, perhaps you have suggestions for future topics and guests, please do email us at podcasts at farmersguardian.com.
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Finally, don't forget your copy of Farmer's Guardian is available each and every Friday from your local newsagent or delivered straight to your door.
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This is your Farming in 5 daily news update from Farmers Guardian.
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In this edition of Farming in 5, NFU President Tom Bradshaw questions whether further changes to inheritance tax are politically possible.
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This season's first case of bird flu in England is confirmed and a steel bull named Rusty raises £40,000 for charity.
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NFU President Tom Bradshaw has questioned whether further changes to the family farm tax are politically possible, with Prime Minister Andy Burnham's first budget just one week away.
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Speaking to Farmers Guardian, Mr Bradshaw said he had not been told to expect any changes to inheritance tax and warned against raising expectations.
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He said the revenue generated by the tax was such a small figure that the government could admit it had got things wrong and move forward.
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However, he also questioned whether a U-turn would cost the government valuable political capital, particularly with a tough budget expected for the wider public.
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Anyway, like there was...
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I was in, I was getting in Farmers Weekly and Farmers Guardian quite a bit of the time and stuff and I think the noise was just put a bit out of joint.
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So it just, clash of characters, clash of personalities.
James EdwardsGUEST
But that did leave me with a slightly difficult situation of having a load of sheep then and having to leave there.
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