Farm Business

The horticulture sector has long been dependent upon foreign pickers and packers, but Home Office Ministers are keen to wind down the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Scheme (SAWS).

June is the month that our new Holland telehandler goes back after its year long stay as part of the Up to Speed scheme with the Prince’s Countryside Fund.

While the world increases its potato production to tackle hunger around the globe, the UK area has continued to fall. Cedric Porter reports from the World Potato Congress.

A fresh bird flu outbreak on the Shetland Isles has put poultry exports from the UK at risk.

A new booklet to help support Dementia carers in rural communities has been published by a Dorset farmer.

Wheat markets have retreated from the highs seen in May following news Ukraine may potentially be able to resume grain shipments but news from the US continues to support the market.

Record high cull cow prices were an opportunity to improve herd productivity with the cost of keeping cattle over winter also playing on farmers’ minds.

The SNP has been slammed for planning swingeing cuts to the rural affairs budget.

The SNP has been slammed for planning ‘swingeing cuts’ to the rural affairs budget.

Supermarkets which continue to offer low milk prices to farmers in the current market are at risk of losing their suppliers, industry leaders have warned.