Farm Business

Shelf life for Welsh lamb has significantly improved, increasing export opportunities to new and developing global markets, Hybu Cig Cymru (HCC) industry development and relations manager John Richards has said. 

Farmers have been warned they will ‘get what they pay for’ with their contractor going forward

Rutland and Melton MP Alicia Kearns has called on Ministers to establish a rural deprivation unit in the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities.

Rutland and Melton MP Alicia Kearns has called on Ministers to establish a rural deprivation unit in the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities.

It follows an appeal by the National Pig Association (NPA) for the retailer to do more to support the pig industry

New crop wheat prices have hit new contract highs as further global uncertainty strikes with India announcing a wheat export ban

Farming groups, scientists, and start-ups are teaming up to test how far cultured meat is a threat, or an opportunity, for UK farmers.

There is ’strong appetite’ among farmers to tap into the organics sector, with government funding offering incentives for land conversion, industry chiefs have said.

The Government has rejected a call from MPs for an automatic planning presumption against the development of new poultry or other intensive livestock units.

A man has been charged with three counts of arson following fires which caused more than £680,000 of damage and killed 50 pigs.