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Farm Paperwork Blog: News From the Farm Office

Product updates, regulatory changes as they actually land, and honest progress from the founding-farms pilot. No press-release voice, just what's true and what changed.

Quick answer

This is where FarmHQ posts real updates: what shipped, what a new regulation actually means once it lands, and how the founding-farms pilot is going, including the parts that aren't finished yet.

What does the FarmHQ blog cover?

Regulation Watch
What's actually changing in UK farm policy, and what it means once it lands, not just that it happened.
Building FarmHQ
The product decisions behind the app, and why we made them the way we did.
The Real Cost
Data and analysis on what farm paperwork actually costs, in time and in money.
Farming Life
The human side of the paperwork, seasonal, honest, not a compliance checklist.

Latest

Cover: Budget 2026 Farmers: What Changed and What Did Not
26 October 2026 Regulation Watch
Budget 2026 Farmers: What Changed and What Did Not
Budget 2026 for farmers: inheritance tax relief unchanged at £2.5 million, red diesel and fuel duty relief extended six months, and what to do next.
 Cover: SFI 2026 Window 2 Closed: What Happens Next
26 October 2026 Regulation Watch
SFI 2026 Window 2 Closed: What Happens Next
SFI26 window 2 closed on 22 September 2026 after under six hours. What the exception group covers, SFI in 2027, and what to do now (as of 26 October 2026).
 Cover: Red Tractor Consultation 2026: What Happens Next
26 October 2026 Regulation Watch
Red Tractor Consultation 2026: What Happens Next
Red Tractor's Beef & Lamb and Dairy consultation closed on 3 November 2026. What was proposed, what happens next, and what to keep doing until 2027.
 Cover: Making Tax Digital for Farmers: 7 November Update
26 October 2026 Regulation Watch
Making Tax Digital for Farmers: 7 November Update
The second Making Tax Digital quarterly update is due 7 November 2026. Who is in, who joins in April 2027, penalties and a dated checklist for farmers.
 Cover: Bluetongue England 2026: What Farmers Need to Know
26 October 2026 Regulation Watch
Bluetongue England 2026: What Farmers Need to Know
Bluetongue (BTV-3) in England as of 26 October 2026: movement rules, vaccination, how to report it, and the records to keep. Talk to your vet.
26 September 2026 Building FarmHQ
The Calendar That Runs Itself
Every statutory deadline is computed from your own farm data and pushed server-side, so it still arrives even if the app has been shut for weeks.
Cover: The Calendar That Runs Itself Cover: Mandatory Cattle EID From 2027: What Changes
12 September 2026 Regulation Watch
Mandatory Cattle EID From 2027: What Changes
From mid-2027, every calf born in England needs an electronic ID tag. What actually changes, and how it links to the BCMS to LIS switch.
 Cover: BPS Is Nearly Gone: Where ELM Stands Now
12 September 2026 Regulation Watch
BPS Is Nearly Gone: Where ELM Stands Now
Delinked payments fall to £600 by 2027, a year earlier than planned. Where the money is going instead.
 Cover: England's New Bovine TB Strategy Explained
12 September 2026 Regulation Watch
England's New Bovine TB Strategy Explained
Defra's June 2026 strategy shifts from badger culling to cattle testing. What changes for breakdown herds and movements.
 Cover: Why FarmHQ Is Offline-First, Not Tolerant
12 September 2026 Building FarmHQ
Why FarmHQ Is Offline-First, Not Tolerant
In our own conversations with farmers, 76% reported signal blackspots on their land. Why we build assuming no signal by default.
 Cover: Joe Drafts, You Confirm: How Our AI Works
12 September 2026 Building FarmHQ
Joe Drafts, You Confirm: How Our AI Works
Ask Farmer Joe never files anything on its own. Why every submission stops at a draft until you tap confirm.
 Cover: How Many Hours Does Farm Paperwork Cost?
12 September 2026 The Real Cost
How Many Hours Does Farm Paperwork Cost?
One survey found farmers doing 15+ hours a week of admin. Another found 62% struggle with the forms themselves.
 Cover: The Hidden Cost of Two Farm Software Logins
12 September 2026 The Real Cost
The Hidden Cost of Two Farm Software Logins
Compliance software and bookkeeping software are usually sold separately. The subscription cost is the small part.
 Cover: What Calving Season Does to Farm Paperwork
12 September 2026 Farming Life
What Calving Season Does to Farm Paperwork
Passport applications and medicine records land in the exact weeks a farm has no spare attention. Why, and what helps.
 Cover: We Just Launched a Guides Section
10 September 2026 Product Update
We Just Launched a Guides Section
Twelve pages of plain-English UK farm paperwork guides, and why we built them before we built more of the app.

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What does the FarmHQ blog cover?

The blog has four strands. Regulation Watch covers what is changing in UK farm policy and what it means once it lands. Building FarmHQ explains the product decisions behind the app. The Real Cost looks at what farm paperwork costs in time and money. Farming Life is the human side of the paperwork, seasonal and honest.

What kind of posts will I find on the blog?

You will find product updates, regulatory changes as they land, and honest progress from the founding-farms pilot, including the parts that are not finished yet. Posts are dated and the newest sit at the top, for example Mandatory Cattle EID From 2027.

Where are the guides and tools, if they are not on the blog?

They sit in their own sections of the site. The plain-English paperwork guides are at farmhq.ai/guides/. The free working tools, such as the deadline calculators, are at farmhq.ai/tools/. The farm directory, with a short buyer's guide under each category, is at farmhq.ai/directory/.