Farm Business

Victoria Vyvyan, CLA president, speaking ahead of the General Election, has urged all political parties to empower the rural economy by embracing the communities which work and live in the countryside

It is a deal estimated to be worth around £12 million to the pig sector over the first five years of trade

With grain prices rising again after easing last week, Cedric Porter takes a look at the factors affecting the markets.

The changes will allow people to create more residential dwellings as well as open new diversifications

National Sheep Association chief executive Phil Stocker has welcomed the announcement of a General Election after months of speculation

Strategy director at IMTA, Katrina Walsh, said members of the group will be keenly waiting to see how political parties will support the meat trade industry

Commissioners include Dr Llewellyn, the former vice-chancellor of Harper Adams University, James Withers, ex chief executive of Scotland Food and Drink, Mark Suthern, the chair of Trustees of the Farming Community Network, and a fourth Commissioner whose appointment is in progress

Countryside Alliance chief executive Tim Bonner said the party which can convince the rural electorate that it shares their values, and most importantly their priorities, will go a long way to winning an 'epoch defining election'

It includes a 2 metre buffer strip and a hedgerow cutting ban from March 1 to August 31

NFU president Tom Bradshaw said: "If the next Government gets it right then this huge sector can grow"