Farm Business

Defra raises grant to £75,000 in bid to help struggling sector

Having been invited to the Farm to Fork Summit, Hannah Jackson, AKA The Red Shepherdess, reflects on the day

The Soil Association said there was growth in organic sales, but this has largely been fuelled by imports not home-grown produce

Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iorwerth said: "I remain deeply concerned that the First Minister has failed to pay back the £200,000 donation to his leadership campaign," adding he was also worried by the 'circumstances around the decision to sack a member of the Government this week'

The latest weekly weather report for farmers from Dr Simon Keeling

Church Commissioners principal asset manager Ciara Williams said ‘early' conversations were actively encouraged with ‘next generation tenants' on Agricultural Holdings Act or Farm Business Tenancies, but it should be about ‘what is the future of the business, rather than pure succession'

Italy has announced plans to send soldiers to hunt wild boar as it looks to protect its prosciutto and sausage industry from African swine fever (ASF)

Under the new recommendations farmers will be able to choose to delay the removal of a cow or heifer in the last 60 days of pregnancy and animals that have given birth in the previous 7 days, subject to biosecurity conditions to protect other cattle in the herd

Our chief reporter Rachael Brown gives her analysis on this week's announcement from Welsh Government to delay the launch of Sustainable Farming Scheme to 2026

Online supermarket Ocado said the launch of the new show had led to an increase in sales of British pork and Lion's Mane mushrooms