https://farmhq.ai/blog/ Plain-English notes on UK livestock paperwork, farm bookkeeping and how FarmHQ works. en-GB Mon, 26 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT https://farmhq.ai/assets/logo/farmhq-tag-orange.png https://farmhq.ai/blog/ https://farmhq.ai/blog/autumn-budget-2026-farmers-what-to-watch/ https://farmhq.ai/blog/autumn-budget-2026-farmers-what-to-watch/ Mon, 26 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT FarmHQ 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. https://farmhq.ai/blog/bluetongue-england-october-2026-farmers-guide/ https://farmhq.ai/blog/bluetongue-england-october-2026-farmers-guide/ Mon, 26 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT FarmHQ 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. https://farmhq.ai/blog/mtd-income-tax-farmers-7-november-2026-update/ https://farmhq.ai/blog/mtd-income-tax-farmers-7-november-2026-update/ Mon, 26 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT FarmHQ 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. https://farmhq.ai/blog/red-tractor-consultation-beef-lamb-dairy-2026/ https://farmhq.ai/blog/red-tractor-consultation-beef-lamb-dairy-2026/ Mon, 26 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT FarmHQ 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. https://farmhq.ai/blog/sfi26-window-2-closed-what-happens-next/ https://farmhq.ai/blog/sfi26-window-2-closed-what-happens-next/ Mon, 26 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT FarmHQ 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). https://farmhq.ai/blog/calendar-that-runs-itself/ https://farmhq.ai/blog/calendar-that-runs-itself/ Sat, 26 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT FarmHQ Every statutory livestock deadline is computed from the farm's own data and pushed to your phone, even if you have not opened the app in weeks. https://farmhq.ai/blog/bovine-tb-strategy-2026/ https://farmhq.ai/blog/bovine-tb-strategy-2026/ Sat, 12 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT FarmHQ Defra's June 2026 bovine TB strategy shifts from badger culling to cattle testing. What changes for breakdown herds, the Edge Area, and movements. https://farmhq.ai/blog/bps-phase-out-elm-2026/ https://farmhq.ai/blog/bps-phase-out-elm-2026/ Sat, 12 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT FarmHQ Delinked payments fall to £600 by 2027, a year earlier than planned. Where the money is going instead, and what SFI26's changes actually mean. https://farmhq.ai/blog/calving-season-paperwork/ https://farmhq.ai/blog/calving-season-paperwork/ Sat, 12 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT FarmHQ Passport applications, medicine records and death reports all land in the weeks a farm has least attention to spare. Why, and what helps. https://farmhq.ai/blog/cost-of-splitting-compliance-and-books/ https://farmhq.ai/blog/cost-of-splitting-compliance-and-books/ Sat, 12 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT FarmHQ Compliance software and bookkeeping software are usually sold separately. The subscription cost is the small part of what that split actually costs. https://farmhq.ai/blog/how-many-hours-livestock-paperwork/ https://farmhq.ai/blog/how-many-hours-livestock-paperwork/ Sat, 12 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT FarmHQ One survey found farmers doing 15+ hours a week of admin. Another found 62% struggle with paperwork itself. What the actual data says. https://farmhq.ai/blog/joe-drafts-you-confirm/ https://farmhq.ai/blog/joe-drafts-you-confirm/ Sat, 12 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT FarmHQ Ask Farmer Joe never files anything on its own. Why every government submission and every book entry stops at a draft until you tap confirm. https://farmhq.ai/blog/mandatory-cattle-eid-2027/ https://farmhq.ai/blog/mandatory-cattle-eid-2027/ Sat, 12 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT FarmHQ From mid-2027 calves born in England are due to carry an electronic ID ear tag, with the chip in one of the two tags. What changes and how to get ready. https://farmhq.ai/blog/why-offline-first/ https://farmhq.ai/blog/why-offline-first/ Sat, 12 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT FarmHQ In our own conversations with farmers, 76% reported signal blackspots on their land. Why FarmHQ is built assuming no signal by default. https://farmhq.ai/blog/farmhq-guides-section-launched/ https://farmhq.ai/blog/farmhq-guides-section-launched/ Thu, 10 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT FarmHQ Twelve pages of plain-English UK farm paperwork guides, and why we built them before we built more of the app.