Details of Defra’s long-anticipated Slurry Storage Grants, part of the Farming Investment Fund, have finally been released. But what will they cover, and are you eligible to claim? Abi Kay reports.
A farmer who failed to comply with livestock disease control measures has been ordered to pay £8,646 in fines and costs.
More than 12 million people in rural communities risk being sidelined by the Government’s Levelling Up policy, a new study has found.
The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Efra) Committee has said farmers should feel reassured after the Government announced its support for the committee’s recent tree planting report.
With many family farms reliant on one person to handle the financial side of the business, Wilsons Solicitors LLP Martha Swann gives her advice on making plans to keep the business running.
The Scottish Government has announced funding for its new Preparing for Sustainable Farming (PSF) grant scheme. Ewan Pate explains what farmers need to do to qualify.
The newly-elected chair of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Efra) select committee Sir Robert Goodwill has voiced concern that the Government is not quite ready to deliver parts of the ELM scheme.
Defra Ministers have become embroiled in a spat with industry after claiming the backlog of pigs on farms has now been ‘almost completely removed’. By Abi Kay, Ewan Pate and Hannah Binns.
The UK and EU were still at loggerheads over the export of seed potatoes to the continent
A war of words has broken out within the top ranks of those deciding future agricultural policy in Scotland.