Farm Business

North East Fife MP Wendy Chamberlain said it was time for the Government to pay attention to the issues farmers faced in applying for Universal Credit after going through a challenging period

Defra said farmers can now apply for support which could help growers manage their water resources 'better' for use when droughts occurs

With the focus on landlord-tenant relationships at the NFU tenant conference, some farmers felt more needed to be done to tackle bad practice by landlords and their land agents

This week's letters from Farmers Guardian readers

Animal import checks will start as planned amid Dover warnings the new border model is not fit for purpose

New survey reveals retailers such as Aldi, Lidl and Asda paying little heed to food origin requirements

Spreading the risk among various on-farm enterprises has been a winning strategy for Staffordshire based Lower Drayton Farm

NFU, NFU Scotland, NFU Cymru and Ulster Farmers Union are calling on major retailers’ commitment to support the industry following the challenging spring

At the time I pitched this article, Defra announced changes to the Sustainable Farming Incentive to ensure that food production remained the primary purpose of farming – I think that farmers already know this is the purpose

Its new ‘golden rules’ would mean councils will be required to prioritise building on brownfield sites and poor-quality areas in the green belt, dubbed ‘grey belt’ land