Farm Business

Welsh farming unions and rural groups have come together to condemn plans by Natural Resources Wales (NRW) to dramatically increase the cost of on-farm permits.

A NEW Members Bill on fly tipping proposed by Scottish Conservative MSP Murdo Fraser now has the requisite cross-party support to give him the right to introduce it to Parliament.

The new £62 million International Barley Hub (IBH) has been officially opened by UK Government Minister for Scotland, Malcolm Offord.

Plant drink producers have been accused of selling on ‘false’ pretences after an investigation revealed they were selling by-products to livestock farmers.

YEARS of low investment in Defra’s technology has resulted in a serious risk of critical service failure or cyber-attack, according to a new National Audit Office (NAO) report.

The UK egg sector is facing a situation as catastrophic as the 2001 foot-and-mouth crisis, a prominent producer has warned.

Prospects for a scalable, high-integrity market for farm?soil?carbon?have taken a step forward with the publication of minimum requirements for?soil?carbon?codes.

Eighty-six per cent of respondents to Knight Frank’s biennial Estate Staff Salaries Survey highlighted limited staff availability and recruitment as increasingly difficult issues

This week’s From the editor looks at how the Government should take note of the current farming situation.