March 24: Avian flu detected in a sheep in Yorkshire and foot-and-mouth outbreak in Slovakia
On today's Farming in Five, chief reporter Rachael Brown gives the latest on the first case of avian flu found in a single sheep in Yorkshire, the foot-and-mouth outbreak in Slovakia – where the disease has been found on three separate farms, and the Tenant Íæż½ã½ã Association's call on Defra to allow 'in-flight' SFI applications to be processed
24 March 2025
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SFI challenges, retail news and dog waste threat: A weekly round-up and look ahead to next week
On today's Farming in Five, head of news and business Alex Black takes a look back at the big news stories of the week, from the Farming Minister failing to give reassurances on SFI, to Asda backtracking on its poultry commitments and the threat to cattle from dog owners not cleaning up after their dogs, and looks ahead to the Spring Statement and Big Farm Tea Break
21 March 2025
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March 20: Asda backtracks on British sourcing commitment and SFI redesign could offer 'silver lining'
In today's Farming in Five, head of news and business Alex Black discusses Asda's decision to backtrack on its commitment to sourcing 100% British chicken in its fresh poultry lines, what an SFI redesign could look like and the latest on a petition to get farming into schools
20 March 2025
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March 19: Efra Committee chair urges Farming Minister to focus on five key areas to improve fairness and resilience in the food supply chain
In today's Farming in Five, chief reporter Rachael Brown reports on a letter sent by the Efra Committee chair, Alistair Carmichael to the Farming Minister calling on the Government to focus on five key areas to improve fairness and resilience in the food supply chain. Later today Mr Carmichael will be presenting his food supply chain fairness bill in Parliament. And the absence of rural crime in the Government's Crime and Policing Bill has been branded 'unacceptable' by a Liberal Democrat MP
19 March 2025
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March 18: Farming Minister fails to offer reassurance on the future redesign of SFI
In today's Farming in Five, chief reporter Rachael Brown reports on yesterday's emergency roundtable meeting on SFI, with the Farming Minister criticised for providing lack of clarity on the what the future redesign of SFI will look like, and for showing a lack of empathy for those farmers who missed out on SFI. She also reports on farmers defending Scottish Minister Mairi Gougeon and criticising the level abuse she received online, as she announced she is stepping down from her post after more that half of her life in politics. And don't forget to sign up to our free webinar on Inheritance Tax ( March 27), where an expert panel will be unpicking any updates from the Spring Statement the day before
18 March 2025
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March 17: Emergency roundtable called between farming organisations and Farming Minister later today to discuss SFI fallout
In today's Farming in Five, chief reporter Rachael Brown understands an emergency roundtable meeting has been called for later today between farming organisations and Farming Minister Daniel Zeichner to discuss the fallout from Defra's decision last week to suspend new applications to SFI. She also reports on the appointment of Dr David Llewellyn as the independent monitoring and reporting commissioner for the recommendations from the UK Farm Assurance Review. And why a Cambridgeshire tenant farmer has been left 'fuming' at Defra after he was left with no compensation from the Farming Recovery Fund
17 March 2025
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