Farm Business

UK farmers have stepped up to the plate in their support for Ukrainian refugees fleeing from the Russian invasion, with farmers across the country offering accommodation. By Hannah Binns, Alex Black and Ewan Pate.

Demands to protect consumers and to impose a windfall tax to prevent companies cashing in on the growing fuel crisis have this week been issued by rural groups.

As ‘Global Britain’ sets its sights on Brazil as a potential trade partner, Alex Black spoke to a Brazilian official about what the two countries can offer each other.

NFU Scotland has received a bashing from farming environmentalists and industry organisations over its Environmental Focus Area (EFA) derogation call. 

Defra must rethink its Environmental Land Management scheme (ELMs) otherwise risk its unintended effects rippling through the industry for generations to come – a view held by Neil Shand of the National Beef Association.

The Government’s Environmental Land Management scheme (ELMs) has been branded a ‘deliberate assault’ on farming by Liberal Democrat MP Tim Farron.

With warmer weather making a very much welcome return and providing some relief for farmers everywhere, it is also a reminder that the year is marching on and that spring has sprung for many.

A HMRC ruling AHDB levies are outside of the scope of VAT will ‘punish levy payers at a time of considerable farming need’, AHDB has said.

Defra’s blase attitude that the Ukraine-Russia war is not expected to have a ‘significant direct impact on UK food supply’ has been lambasted by farmers.

Oxfordshire County Council has become the first authority in England to ban meat from the menu, after voting to serve only vegan-friendly food at events.