Farm Business

Four new monitor farms have been announced by the Deputy First Minister, after more than 40 applied

QMS said a levy increase would be vital in ensuring iconic Scotch brands thrive both in Scotland and abroad

Jeremy Moody, secretary and adviser to the CAAV, said farmers can help reduce emissions through slurry storage

Exceptional volatility has been the key theme for 2022/23 farm business incomes in England, with huge differences between the sectors

Dairy farmer Susie Mottershead said Joyce Watson's MS comments that dairy farmers with chronic TB should find another business was a kick in the teeth. "Never have I felt the mental health of farmers be so completely disregarded. We are that chronic bTB farm," she said

Andrew Bailey, Governor of the Bank of England, addressed the NFU's Henry Plumb Memorial Lecture

With 97 per cent of farming businesses, being family businesses, Nuffield Scholar, Peter Craven set out to discover the winning formula for success

NFU modelling work showed on average upland farm businesses lost 37 per cent of their support payments under the current Sustainable Farming Incentive and Countryside Stewardship options

When questioned at last weekend's English Winter Fair on whether he had wanted the role of Defra Secretary, Mr Spencer said it was not a question of ‘putting my hat in the ring'. "This was a decision for the Prime Minister," he said

The focus on diversification has never been more prominent. With exceptional volatility across all agricultural sectors, income from farming is unsurprisingly down