Farm Business

Defra said there would be a 10 per cent increase in the average value of agreements in the Sustainable Farming Incentive and Countryside Stewardship schemes, driven by increased payment rates.

Live updates from the Farmers Guardian news team at the Oxford Farming Conference 2024

Proposals to standardise and simplify packaging information so food produced to the highest standards is consistently labelled

GSC Grays also said 60 per cent of farmers indicated they were not ‘appropriately supported' with their mental health during the agricultural transition

Baroness Kate Rock said such words demonstrated precisely why there was a need for a Tenant Farming Commissioner

Assurance body says feedback was only required from governance members

The dairy said it was a ‘good start to the new year’

Covid and climate change have increased food insecurity

As 2023 comes to an end, Virgin Money head of agriculture Brian Richardson reflects on what has happened in farming over the past year, and the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead

Costs remain historically high