The UK throws away enough poultry to make 800 million Boxing Day curries, while the amount of potatoes that are binned could cook up Christmas Day roasties to satisfy for the nation for the next 48 years, according to new figures from non-governmental org

An investigation is under way after more than 100 dairy cows died at a Jersey farm within a matter of days.

The Government has set out a raft of legally binding targets, including a 40 per cent reduction in on-farm nitrogen and phosphorus pollutants and a 16.5 per cent increase in woodland cover, to help boost the natural environment.

Rural communities are celebrating after the Government backed down on a series of planning issues that countryside groups claim would have a catastrophic effect on rural areas.

The NFU is backing a group of poultry farmers who are taking their fight for avian influenza (AI) compensation to court.

A row is brewing over the future of rural housing in Wales as the Government introduces new rules that business groups say will stifle tourism and limit farm diversification.

The Government is being urged to consider introducing a relaxed visa system that would see migrants placed in rural communities for a minimum of five years to combat depopulation and the growing skills shortage.

Welsh farming unions and rural groups have come together to condemn plans by Natural Resources Wales (NRW) to dramatically increase the cost of on-farm permits.

More than £1million worth of machinery, tools and equipment have been recovered since the launch of dedicated rural crime team.

The UK egg sector is facing a situation as catastrophic as the 2001 foot-and-mouth crisis, a prominent producer has warned.