Farm Business

Residents fighting plans to build a 40-hectare industrial plant on a family farm in South Wales say the development will have a devastating impact not only on the local community and landscape, but also on the area’s tourism.

The processor also said it was in talks with ‘frustrated’ aligned contract farmer groups as it continues its recruitment drive

But the cooperative said the price for organic milk will remain unchanged as demand comes under pressure. 

A group of farmers, including Jeremy Clarkson and Gareth Wyn Jones, have warned the Government must slash the mountains of regulations which seek to micromanage every acre by half before the next General Election.

A 58-year-old farmer has died after being attacked by a bull during a Bovine Tuberculosis (TB) test.

People living in rural areas are under-represented compared to their urban counterparts, according to a leading Labour activist.

Defra has pledged to keep the new Environmental Land Management (ELM) scheme in place, despite a commitment from the new ministerial team to a rapid review of farm support.

A group of farmers, including Jeremy Clarkson and Gareth Wyn Jones, have warned the Government must slash the ‘mountains of regulations which seek to micromanage every acre’ by half before the next General Election.

Dorset Police has launched an appeal for information after a farmer was assaulted by a dog owner while trying to protect his flock from an attack. 

The first ever Welsh Agriculture Bill has today gone before the Senedd in what is being described as the most important piece of agricultural legislation to go through the Welsh parliament since it was formed more than 20 years ago.