Farm Business

Farming Minister Mark Spencer outlines Government response to the Rock Review

Farmers must change their mindset and focus on the ‘economics of the farm', or risk an ‘unsustainable and unviable future', a consultant warns

The animal welfare bill, designed to help protect livestock from out of control dogs, and defend pets and wild animals will no longer go ahead, Farming Minister Mark Spencer has announced

Tenant Farmers Association chief executive George Dunn said the Government's ‘steady as you go approach' was an unsatisfactory outcome

Defra has announced a new funding commitment to upland farm businesses

Some farmers were left disappointed this week after finding out their Farm Equipment Technology Fund grant had not been successful

Former Cabinet Secretary of Rural Affairs Fergus Ewing will replace her at the flagship Scottish Beef Association event

The society, which runs the annual Great Yorkshire Show, disputed an assessment by HMRC claiming the show should have been treated as exempt as it was a fundraising event for the charity

Welsh Government is leaving it to us to take ‘all the responsibility' for the welfare of farmers when it comes to the impact of bovine TB, says charity.

Soil Association said abattoirs are an essential cornerstone of local supply chains but they are struggling due to a lack of government funding