Farm Business

A new £70 million scheme that aims to transform the UKs National Park peatlands from carbon sources to carbon sinks has been met with caution by farming groups.

Women are being put off farming because of a perception that the work is unsuitable for them, according to a new Scottish Government report.

Input costs have risen at record levels over the last year, far outstripping the increase in commodity prices for most farmers.

New Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has raised several political careers from the dead just in time for Halloween. But will Chancellor Jeremy Hunt take his reaper’s scythe to the farming budget? Abi Kay explores.

Tree planting and rewilding are driving an increase in dispersals of hill flocks, according to Longtown auctioneer John Walton.

Farmers are facing ‘less scrutiny’ as cost pressures see consumers ditch eco-credentials in favour of lower prices, new research has suggested.

A project designed to prove the potential of green hydrogen power in a farm situation is being carried out in South Aberdeenshire.

Fears are growing that the agriculture budget could be slashed amid the ‘frenzy of spending cuts’ which Rishi Sunak’s new Government is expected to carry out.

Farm groups have reiterated the importance of supporting domestic production, amid warnings that the price of imported food is rising faster than home-grown produce.

New Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has appointed Therese Coffey to be his Defra Secretary. But what are her farming views? Abi Kay explores.