Farm Business

More than 250 GB farms opened their gates to tens of thousands of visitors on Sunday June 12 as part of Linking Environment and Farming (LEAF)’s annual Open Farm Sunday. 

Government spending on superfast broadband has stalled, leaving rural communities struggling with poor connectivity.

The Government has committed to ‘broadly maintaining’ current levels of domestic food production in its new Food Strategy, as reported two weeks ago by Farmers Guardian.

Low payments to farmers for siting telecommunications equipment on their land are holding up the rollout of 5G, according to a new report from the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA).

NFU Cymru has used Welsh Farming Week to unveil a raft of key policy demands that it says should be addressed in the upcoming Agriculture (Wales) Bill.

Farmers with access to digestate are being encouraged to explore the benefits of using it as a cost-effective source of crop nutrition.

The Russian invasion of Ukraine is turning into one of the most shocking episodes in recent European history, creating unexpected waves across global supply chains.

The spread of African swine fever (ASF) into a new area of Europe has sparked fresh calls from NFU Scotland for proper border checks on imported pigmeat to be introduced.

Increased land values were raising barriers to new entrants to farming as natural capital and afforestation interest drive Scottish farmland markets according to a new report by Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC).

I have recently returned from an interesting few days visiting farms and conservation projects in Latvia.