🚱 A Norfolk grower has voiced deep frustration after being informed suddenly of a summer water abstraction ban imposed by the Environment Agency, with no prior warning. READ MORE: ow.ly/KH2650WmOgp

It’s perverse that people can still fill their swimming pools & water lawns but crops can’t be irrigated. We’re also happy to import fruit/veg from some of the most drought afflicted regions of the world. But it also speaks to a bigger issue: 1/2 telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/07/1…

Well done Tim Young For raising the issue for UK vegetable growers of instant Environment Agency irrigation abstraction stop orders. Serious impact on in season UK veg production. Could have been flagged/managed better & earlier with other season restrictions bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/li…

Farmer's frustration at sudden ban on abstracting water for drought-hit onion fields ift.tt/sCDAr3I

Getting amongst it today, spreading the word on impact of abstraction bans, Today Programme on Radio4 followed by BBC East

We need rain desperately but not this sort of rain!!! FFS!

The impact summary and draft legislation has been issued for the #FamilyFarmTax, and it is paper thin. There are no improvements to the proposal, and it appears to be being introduced as expected. The statement suggests 2,000 deceased estates every year will pay more tax.

Omitting the impact on mental health and family cohesiveness from the Treasury’s assessment of this policy is a critical failure in the legislative process. Ignoring those aspects when the risks have been repeatedly stressed by professionals, industry bodies and politicians

Common The Labour Party have the common decency to at least have an open debate about this and look at the alternatives that National Farmers' Union and Tom Bradshaw have suggested

4 weeks to the day we are back irrigating after Environment Agency relaxed the cessation order - that 4 weeks will have had a huge hit on yields, aim now to keep crop going for as long as poss. Night time only means some late night moves #harvest25 National Farmers' Union

From early mornings to drivetime radio, #BBCFarmwatch has been packed with NFU voices from across the country🧑‍🌾 From grassroot members to our officeholders Tom Bradshaw (Tom Bradshaw), David Exwood (David Exwood) and @RachelHallos - thank you to everyone who took part 👏

The Great Agricultural Gamble……. Farming businesses have been disadvantaged whilst trying to produce food, and we wanted to write about it. Myself & Bradley Hurn have put pen to paper on how we see changes in policy have affected farming businesses at the coal face. Plz share

Something quite therapeutic about #onions being loaded into store…

5 years in the planning and 29 months of growing and we’ve harvested our first grapes BrecksVineyard - so proud of family Young, team effort pays off! #englishwine #harvest25

It’s been a busy few weeks with onion and grape #harvest25 all happening at once - half of BrecksVineyard is being hand picked the rest had this special treatment - what a machine! #englishwine