Farm Business

A new campaign is aiming to signpost farmers and landowners to woodland creations grants and free specialist advice. Hannah Binns spoke to Forestry Commission chief executive Richard Stanford about it. 

A London-based private equity firm has been forced to meet farmers and residents after its plans to blanket plant farmland in Wales’ historic Cwrt-y-cadno Valley were met with outrage

The launch of an independent Tenancy Working Group to look at how tenant farmers can best negotiate the delivery of the new Environmental Land Management schemes has been hailed as a victory for the sector.

Reduced throughputs at UK abattoirs will have a knock-on impact on future trading patterns, industry chiefs have warned. 

Rising food prices could influence consumers buying preferences

Efforts to push lab grown meat have been described as seriously misplaced, after new research showed almost half of adults (43 per cent) are unwilling to eat it.

Efforts to push lab grown meat have been described as ‘seriously misplaced’, after new research showed almost half of adults (43 per cent) are unwilling to eat it.

Pig farmers around the world were facing the same issues seen here in the UK. By Bruce Jobson

Permit operators have told some UK growers they are not a high enough priority following enquires about seasonal labour ahead of this years harvest.

Almost half of farmers are hesitant about investing in agritech due to lack of knowledge, a survey from NFU Mutual has found.