Farm Business

Baroness Hayman has said she hoped the SPS agreement with the EU should help tackle the influx of illegal imports as she admitted Dover port facilities were ‘poor’

From policy change to the environment, farmers have to constantly and adapt and change. How we communicate, run farming businesses and take on challenges will determine what the future of the industry looks like

NFU welcomes consultation that will help farmers deal with issues such as clarity of standards, sampling and testing procedures, supply volumes, data sharing and dispute resolution

Scotland's Rural Voice report also revealed that nearly two thirds of rural residents said they do not have a meaningful voice in shaping decisions which affect them

The Prime Minister was challenged by Efra Chair Alistair Carmichael at the Liaison Committee last year on the impact of Inheritance Tax changes on farmers' mental health

South West Norfolk MP Terry Jermy said Labour has an opportunity to reconnect with farmers if it makes changes to APR, adding that the party gained votes from rural communities which revolted against former Prime Minister Liz Truss and previous Tory Governments which 'failed' them in trade deals

Can the Government deliver the most ambitious plans to improve animal welfare in a generation as it claims?p

South Shropshire MP Stuart Anderson writes on the invaluable role of rural churches in farming communities, and why they are currently under threat after the Government slashed annual funding by nearly £20m, in what the Conservatives have dubbed the 'Worship Tax'

Shrewsbury MP Julia Buckley, a founding member of the Labour Rural Research Group, writes on how farming and rural communities can help shape a new report on rural poverty

Officials say strain of African swine fever suggests it may have come from a laboratory