Farm Business

Farm groups’ fears over the Australia trade deal are ‘overheated’ and based on ‘worst-case scenario’ projections, the chair of the Trade and Agriculture Commission (TAC) has said.

The retailer emphasised there would be no impact on producer prices but the drop comes as the other major retailers increase prices on the back of surging production costs

Easter and the Islamic festivals have provided a boost to both prime lamb and cull sheep prices across the UK.

The application window for the Government’s Lump Sum Exit Scheme has now opened to help farmers exit the sector in a ‘managed’ way.

Farmers producing electricity have been urged to apply for funding to meet new regulations coming in on September 1.

Exclusive contracts that only allow dairy farmers to sell milk to one buyer should be broken up to free up farmers to try direct selling, supplying local food businesses and engaging much more with communities where they live, according to farmers taking part in a workshop at Dairy-Tech.

With climate change forcing farmers everywhere to battle flooding and drought more regularly, there has never been a more important time to manage water. Jez Fredenburgh looks at lessons the UK can learn from other countries.

The miles of tailbacks outside Dover not only risk thousands of pounds of fresh food being wasted but also pose a real threat to the UK’s reputation as a valid trade partner, industry bodies have warned.

Farmers who fail to sign-up to government stewardship schemes could be missing out on more than £7,000 a year, a charity has warned.

More than 10,000 levy paying AHDB members have seized the chance to vote on how their money is spent by signing up to the board’s Shape the Future campaign.