Farm Business

Weeks of economic turmoil may mean that the UK has a deeper recession next year than previously predicted, according to new analysis from Goldman Sachs.

Farmers Guardian writers and photographers swept the board at British Guild of Agricultural Journalists (BGAJ) awards in London last week.

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon may not have mentioned farming when she announced her ‘Building a New Scotland’ economic plan this week, but many of the proposals, if ever enacted, would have a direct effect on the industry.

NFU Scotland’s ‘Food Needs a Farmer’ rally outside the Scottish Parliament is not due until November 2, but already politicians in Scotland are bickering about the degree to which they will support it.

New Defra Secretary Ranil Jayawardena has identified the Gulf, India and South East Asia as export markets which will provide farmers with a greater return for British meat.

Christmas meat supplies could be under threat if proposed action by the Food Standards Association (FSA) goes ahead.

Suella Braverman has resigned as Home Secretary after mistakenly sending an official email from her personal account. She will be replaced by fromer Transport Secretary Grant Shapps.

A new television reality show offering a 10-year National Trust tenancy as a prize has been criticised for turning what is serious entrepreneurial commitment into a mere ‘beauty contest’.

MPs have moved to offer farms legal protection from disruptive protestors.

Animal welfare and public health concerns have been raised in Northern Ireland (NI), as post-Brexit rules are set to leave the country facing the loss of around half of its veterinary medicines.