Farm Business

THE wool from Blackface sheep could make a comeback as clothing material if a new initiative gains traction.

With major changes ahead in the red meat industry in Scotland, Ewan Pate spoke to Sarah Millar as she begins her new role as chief executive at Quality Meat Scotland

A former Northern Ireland Government vet who resigned from her job after raising concerns about animal welfare has received an unreserved apology and a major payout.

Farmers must take a different approach to waste and the ‘cycle of life’ if they are to meet the challenges posed by global economic forces, Defra secretary George Eustice has insisted.

Neil Parish, Tory MP and chair of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee, has resigned after admitting he viewed pornographic material on his phone while in the House of Commons.

Farmers in the US could be due a significant payout after a preliminary settlement was agreed with DeLaval

Dairy farmers supplying Mller who meet the conditions for Mller Advantage1 will receive a milk price of 41.5ppl from 1 June 2022, a 1.5ppl increase.

The rising cost of living could lead to public riots, civil unrest and a major food scandal on a scale not seen since the horsemeat affair in 2014, say industry experts.

Farmers must not be forced to pay the price for retailers waging a cost-cutting war, industry leaders have warned.

Farmers Guardian’s #FarmingCAN campaign has sought to place agriculture in the context of wider rural growth and prosperity since it launched last year.