Cereals: 'Manage change before it manages you', warns agricultural policy adviser

Support payments are gone, tax rules have changed, and energy costs have doubled since 2019, but Cereals 2026 speakers say the farmers who adapt early will be the ones who thrive

Business Reporter

23 June 2026 鈥� 6 min read

The removal of direct support and changes to tax are having a fundamental impact on arable farming in the UK; visitors to Cereals 2026 were told. "Since 1992 farming policy has been dominated by payments,...

How one Cheshire farmer is using mixed farming to get on top of grass-weeds

For Cheshire farmer Mike Jones, tackling grass-weeds has not come from one silver bullet solution. Instead, it has been the result of building a more flexible mixed farming system where livestock, forage crops, cultivation strategy and innovative new chemistry all work together

Alice Dyer

01 August 2026 鈥� 6 min read