Farm Business

Defra has come under fire from eagle-eyed farmers who spotted what appears to be a Merino lamb in its video announcing the export of British lamb to the USA.

Being bitten by a tick can have serious health implications. Young farmer Daniel Duerden talks to Hannah Binns about how living with Lyme disease is like being on a rollercoaster.

Former health secretary and Conservative leadership candidate Jeremy Hunt has been appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer after Kwasi Kwarteng was sacked earlier today.

Welsh farming unions have welcomed the news that more than 95 per cent of farmers claiming BPS will today (October 14) receive an advance payment of up to 70 per cent of their claim.

Livestock groups have moved to block an imminent rule change that will have a ‘massive impact’ on exports, it has been revealed.

British lamb heading back across the Atlantic is a major victory for the industry and all credit must go the levy boards and other organisations which have helped facilitate the deal.

A Fife farmer has been fined £2,000 after deliberately damaging a badger sett.

Farm businesses have been urged to feed into a new inquiry to help inform the Government about the ‘true effects’ of the cost-of-living crisis.

Industry chiefs have urged Defra to consider expanding regional housing measures on a national basis to protect birds from Avian Influenza (AI). By Hannah Binns and Jane Thynne.

Prime Minister Liz Truss may be going all out for growth, growth, growth but rising costs and labour shortages mean previously thriving rural enterprises in Scotland are stalling or going out of business altogether.