Farm Business

Jeremy Clarkson has faced issues with West Oxfordshire District Council for plans for diversifying the farm

Arla has announced a £179 million investment in the UK as it looks to become a major player in the global mozzarella market by 2027

Commissioners say schemes should be ‘efficient, effective and economically viable for farmers’

Vaughan Gething is set to be the next First Minister of Wales on Wednesday

CLA senior land use policy adviser Cameron Hughes said: "CLA members I speak to are often surprised at the breadth of options available through the Capital Grants scheme."

Savills senior woodland consultant Luke Hemmings said there were many landowners who were keen to increase their carbon storage and habitat potential of their land, but the ‘approval process' for planting new woodland was an issue

Easter and Ramadan were driving demand at Irish marts and factories, as in the UK

The increase in funding for farm productivity from 40 to 50 per cent, on top of the extra money available for solar panels, means the Improving Productivity Grant is likely to be even more popular among farmers this time around

With the exception of grazing livestock and specialist pig farms, average FBI is forecast to fall in 2023/24

Industry figures said if the Government want to protect food production, the best way to do that was to ensure Sustainable Farming Incentive applicants had to fill in an ‘active farming test'