Whatever you think about HS2 — the cost of it; if the country even really needs it — the way operators have handled it so far has fallen woefully short of what should be expected. 

A probe into supermarket Booths which sold beef from South America and Europe under a ’Best British’ logo could unravel a deeper web of food fraud, an organisation representing the meat industry industry has warned.

A pig farmer who won several accolades in the show rings has been banned from keeping livestock for 10 years.

A coroner has called for farmers to be alerted to the dangers of using inappropriate methods of securing pre-cast concrete panels in sheds.

A short term fix to the labour crisis facing agriculture lay in Government hands, if only common sense would prevail on the role of migrant labour.

Badger culling has to be part of the strategy to combat bovine TB, Farming Minister Mark Spencer told the NFU Conference.

Jeremy Clarkson is a good ambassador for farming, according to a poll of more than 1,150 people.

Farm chiefs have welcomed a new department which will now oversee the Government’s energy security and net zero strategy as Rishi Sunak signalled their importance in his reshuffle this week.

Farmers have become pioneers in providing nature based solutions to climate and biodiversity challenges but financial incentives have to stack up if more businesses are to follow suit.

The importance of funding and scale should not be overlooked when farmers are negotiating the various challenges facing their businesses, HRH The Princess Royal told the Oxford Farming Conference.