Thirty-four workers lost their lives in agricultural incidents from April 2020 to the end of March 2021, marking a ’shocking’ 70 per cent death toll increase compared to last year, new data from HSE has revealed.

Newton Rigg Colleges upland farm facility, Low Beckside Farm, Mungrisdale, will be kept as an education resource following a purchase offer by land-based educational charity The Ernest Cook Trust (TECT).

Field trials for a bovine tuberculosis (bTB) BCG cattle vaccine and a skin test have begun at a farm in England, the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) has announced. 

Two farmers from Devon have died within days of each other after being involved in separate farm incidents.

Farmers and land managers in Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB), National Parks in England or the Broads can tap into Defra’s new Farming in Protected Landscapes scheme to receive funding for projects.

A 23-year-old has died in a tractor-related tragedy.

Some UK dairy farmers are questioning their futures in the industry as input costs soared in what continued to be a ‘two-tiered’ milk market.

A farmer is believed to have been crushed to death after he was found next to a tractor with its engine running.

The use of processed animal protein (PAP) feed for UK pigs and poultry would be ’highly unlikely’ given the substantial levels of regulatory requirements, the National Pig Association has said.

Thousands of people witnessed sustainable food production and environmental stewardship first hand on Sunday June 27 as more than 100 farms across the UK opened their gates for Open Farm Sunday.