# 22/05/2026 Gulf trade deal, tax cut on red diesel, cuts to tariffs on food imports, flowers, farmers going out of business

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Podcast: [Farming Today](https://stenobird.com/podcast/farming-today-385282)
Published: 2026-05-22T05:00:00+00:00
Episode link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002wkkv
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Duration seconds: 815

## Resource

We ask what the latest government cost of living measures mean for farmers. How a Fenland farmer must decide whether to keep on his struggling family farm. We've been talking flowers all week: the cut flower market in the UK is worth around £2.2 billion but the bulk of flowers sold in supermarkets and florists don’t come from British farms. The BBC Food & Farming Awards are back and this year we’re teaming up again with the Archers for the ‘Archers and Farming Today Farming for the Future Award’. We’re looking for those people or organisations who are models for how farming can be more resilient and sustainable. You can nominate by going to bbc.co.uk/foodawards - entries close at midday on the 15th of June. Presented by Caz Graham and produced by Beatrice Fenton.

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