Farm Business

Alyth and District Agricultural Show has been cancelled this summer due to the financial pressures of the Covid-19 years. 

A fresh row over farming powers is brewing between Westminster and Holyrood after the UK Government moved to approve gene editing.

Scotland’s Chief Veterinary Officer Sheila Voas has written to all pig keepers imploring them to take every step to keep African Swine Fever out of the country

Rachael Wood, 22, grew up on a beef and arable farm in Kinross-shire. She currently works in the rural payments and inspections division for the Scottish Government and is the SAYFC Fife and Kinross District Secretary.

Industry chiefs have paid their respect to Her Majesty The Queen for her life-long appreciation and support for British agriculture ahead of this weekend’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations.

The race to secure farmland for mass tree planting in Wales could lead to an irreparable rift between the agricultural community and Government, a rural group has warned.

Calls for a multi-purpose ‘Agri-Hub’ to facilitate livestock sales, provide a social meeting space and give rural businesses’ space to operate near Cowbridge have been voiced by the Farmers’ Union of Wales (FUW).

A new #Proud2Farm campaign has been launched by agricultural merchant Carr’s Billington to showcase the ‘brilliant’ work farmers do in feeding and supporting the nation.

A new £200 million Agri E Fund has been launched by Virgin Money to support farmers in their net zero transition.

The NFU has called on Ministers to ensure any future UK-Mexico trade deal includes protections for farming, as the two countries launched negotiations.