Farm Business

Industry has slammed biased research which claims ending animal agriculture and planting trees on the empty fields is the best and most immediate chance to slow climate change.

Insensitive and crass comments by Compassion in World Farming (CIWF) regarding now being an opportune time to slim down the national pig herd got the short shrift they deserved.

The Environment Agency has been accused of giving farmers inadequate information about the Farming Rules for Water (FRfW) regulations

The Environment Agency has been accused of giving farmers ’inadequate information’ about the Farming Rules for Water (FRfW) regulations

To help farmers deal with unprecedented increases in costs, Muller has announced a 1ppl milk price increase for March 2022. 

Welsh farms and marts could be put out of business by a proposal to penalise the purchase of ‘risky’ bovine TB (bTB) cattle, industry leaders have warned.

Defra Secretary George Eustice has claimed lamb exports to the EU will return to pre-Brexit levels in future.

Fears the EU could place further restrictions on UK produce following the Australia Free Trade Agreement (FTA) have been raised by the British Veterinary Association.

Members of a Ruralwatch Group have helped police track two men in balaclavas suspected of stealing a quad bike by providing them with real time updates. 

Livestock rustling in the UK has fallen for the second year running in 2021, but fears are growing that rising prices could see a new wave of thefts.