Farm Business

Farmers Guardian's chief reporter says the new Farming Minister must quickly move away from the niceties of the meet and greets and in his own words ‘get to work'

The new service is designed to help clients identify and manage risks before they become costly problems, improving resilience and supporting the long-term success of their business

The previous Labour council banned all meat at council events

Herds have already been lost with warnings more will follow if the situation does not change

After a decade of political let downs and disappointments, agricultural voices are now questioning what government support actually means

NFU Scotland vice-president Robert Neill said the wages board is outdated and called on Scottish Government to scrap it within 12 months

John Swinney moved to reassure the industry as concerns continued to be flagged around policy

The former NFU president said Defra did not have the ‘commercial expertise and acumen' needed right now to appropriately address food security

NFU deputy president warned that food security starts with water

This week from the Farmers Guardian editor Katie Jones