Farm Business

The Government has today issued further guidance to support farmers dealing with the continued dry weather.

The RSPCA has urged the UK and Welsh Governments to ban the export of non-stunned meat, but industry has warned doing so could lead buyers to switch suppliers without changing their practices.

The Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) has announced the Avian Influenza Prevention Zone (AIPZ) for poultry and captive birds, introduced to help stop the spread of bird flu, has been lifted.

Red Tractor has appointed Kit Papworth as its new Combinable Crops and Sugar Beet Sector chair after Guy Smith stepped down earlier this year.

The launch of Pilgrim’s UK Lamb will bring its lamb operations closer together into a single integrated supply chain and benefit team members and customers alike, Pilgrim’s UK Lee Rampling has said.

The decision by Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) to suspend water abstractions in mid and north Fife is a devastating blow to vegetable growers and could risk crop failures, NFU Scotland has warned.

Farmers could boost their incomes by around 20 per cent if they choose to restore habitats on their least productive agricultural land, environmental think tank the Green Alliance has said.

The British Organic Dairy Co branded range is set for growth in the US following a major marketing and distribution launch

As an MP for one of the most rural constituencies in the country, I would lead a pro-farming Government.

The country is set to become the first to introduce a ‘four-legged’ emissions tax. By Bruce Jobson