Farm Business

As Minette Batters stands down as the NFU’s first female president, she speaks to chief reporter Rachael Brown about what the future holds for the union, her tips for the next president and her plans for life outside of the NFU

This week from Farmers Guardian editor, Olivia Midgley

Positive news for Government despite new survey that says only a third of farmers have confidence in agricultural schemes

Farmers had hoped to hear further details at last week's NFU Scotland's conference

TFA chief executive said the Minister had ‘clearly not caught up' with the details of the TFA survey which were submitted as part of their response to the Minister's own call for evidence from Defra, to inform whether a Tenant Farming Commissioner was necessary

Farmers' Union of Wales said the Welsh Government's proposed SFS would bring direct farm payments to an end completely, while introducing a 'mountain of costly restrictions and requirements'

30 farmers blocked the roads outside Lesley Griffith's office in Wrexham to share their frustration with Wales' current farming policies

North Wales Police said they had received a report about a blockade on Rhosddu Road in Wrexham - outside the office of the Rural Affairs Minister on Monday (February 12).

Farmers turned up in their tractors outside the office of Lesley Griffiths to protest against Government policies

Egg and chicken meat producers were either 'unlikely or unsure' if they would still be producing poultry beyond November 2025