A boost in both production and consumption of fruit and vegetables is essential if the UK population is to reach its required ’five a day’, according to a new report.

A 23-YEAR-OLD MAN from Northamptonshire has been convicted of theft after he stole a sheep, shot it dead and fed it to a pack of hounds.

Two Devonshire farmers have won a High Court battle to prevent people wild camping on their land in Dartmoor National Park.

A water company has been fined more than £500,000 after a raw sewage discharge killed 5,000 fish in a Northamptonshire river.

Further series of Clarkson’s Farm are currently hanging in the balance after Amazon has reportedly moved to cut ties with presenter-turned-farmer Jeremy Clarkson.

Opponents of a huge new Oxfordshire solar farm have accused landowners of acting in a ‘feudal’ manner, as residents step up their battle to save 1,375 hectares (3,400 acres) of agricultural land.

Rural groups have demanded Natural Resources Wales revisits its controversial price rises claiming the costs will deter new entrants to the farming industry and pile further pressure on existing farm businesses.

A NEW action plan to protect food security, trade and plant health for the next five years has been announced by the Government.

A Buckinghamshire farmer has swapped the damp, cold farmyard for fun in the sun as he joins this year’s crop of romantic hopefuls on ITV2’s Love Island.

Liberal Democrat MP Helen Morgan has accused a Government minister of ‘insulting’ British farmers, after he championed the benefits of buying New Zealand lamb.