Farm Business

 A woman in her 70s has been found dead in a field after it was believed she was injured by cattle. 

Consumers are shunning fruit and vegetables in favour of other produce in a bid to beat increases in grocery prices, a recent report has found.

Protestors from anti-livestock lobby Animal Rebellion vandalised a number of high-end food retailers and country clothing stores as they held demonstrations across central London last weekend.

Dairy and farm hygiene chemical manufacture GEA Farm Technologies has been fined £40,000 after a large cloud of toxic chlorine was released into its factory in Wiltshire putting workers at risk.

ENVIRONMENT Secretary Ranil Jayawardena has been accused of giving up on family horticulture farms, as he flew to the Netherlands to look at glasshouse technology to boost home grown fruit and vegetable production.

Industry chiefs have urged Defra to consider expanding regional housing measures on a national basis to reflect any increases of risk for Avian Influenza (AI). 

Arla Foods has announced a 500 million (439m) sustainability incentive to reward its farmers owners for current and future environmental work.

Free range egg producers have the power to reduce the cost of raw material feed inputs if they get comfortable co-operating and collaborating together, Andrew Knowles, chief executive of Fram Farmers has said. 

Rural campaigners have welcomed news that the Government is considering a rethink regarding land that can be made available for solar farms.

Farmers are being urged to continue to monitor on-farm water abstraction in a bid to prevent a repeat of this year’s water shortage, the Environment Agency (EA) has announced.