A coalition comprising 18 farming, environment, animal and fire organisations have joined forces in urging the Government to make sky lanterns illegal.

A new learning and development programme aimed at upskilling colleagues across its Great Britain and Northern Ireland agricultural team, and wider business, has been launched by Moy Park.

The Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution (RABI) has thanked the agricultural sector for completing, sharing and supporting the Big Farming Survey.

In a bid to ’rebuild’ land-based education at Newton Rigg College, Penrith, a four step action plan has been launched by community organisation Newton Rigg Ltd (NRL). 

A new pilot scheme is underway to help create pathways into the Scottish dairy industry and grow talent within it.

Rumours Carrie Symonds demanded Defra Secretary George Eustice should lose his job for being too close to the farming lobby and insufficiently tough on animal welfare have sparked outrage in the farming industry.

Mentorship has become a fast growing trend within agriculture, helping empower and challenge farmers to become more resilient professionally and personally.

Farmers’ mental health has been adversely impacted by sheep worrying incidents, with feelings of anxiety, anger, stress and frustration running high, according to a National Sheep Association’s (NSA) survey.

The CLA has urged Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) candidates to do more to protect rural communities from crime ahead of the local elections on May 6.  

Milk market disparity is widening the gap between the ‘haves’ and ‘have nots’ within the dairy sector, NFU dairy chairman Michael Oakes has warned.