Young people working in Scotland’s food and drink industry are being encouraged to enter this year’s ‘Inspirational Young Person Award’, which has been launched by NFU Mutual.

Tributes have been paid to a young agricultural student who died following a collision with a BMW on the A64 near Tadcaster.

Wales could become the first country in the UK to license game shoots, prompting concern about the future of biodiversity and impact excessive regulation could have on the rural economy.

Agricultural education group FarmED has joined forces with Chelsea Green Publishing to launch a new writing competition open to people aged 16 to 30.

Nearly 4,000 school children in Surrey and Sussex are being offered the chance to find out more about farming thanks to the Loan a Lamb initiative.

Police in Cheshire have released a video showing terrified sheep being chased into a stream by an out of control dog, in a bid to highlight the seriousness of sheep worrying.

A council’s decision to ban all meat and dairy products from its meetings menu has been branded a ‘slap in the face’ for local farmers by food and rural groups.

Defra Secretary Therese Coffey made an ill-tempered appearance before MPs this week, telling one Efra Committee member to ‘grow up’ before dismissing his questions on food poverty as ‘pathetic’.

Campaign groups in Wales are urging farmers and landowners to make their feelings known after plans to install 60 miles of steel pylons were revealed by an energy group.

The Government has announced that it will retain the cut-off date for registering historic rights of way, reflecting the original intention of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (CROW).