Farm Business

International agricultural feed giant Cargill, which imports Brazilian soya for UK feed supply chains, has come under fire for sourcing crop grown on deforested Amazon land.

Consumers have unrealistic expectations on fruit and vegetable prices, despite them being unsustainable for growers.

A man has died and several others injured after a UTV and trailer fell into a river when a bridge collapsed.

The future role of family farms came in for much scrutiny at the Oxford Farming conference this year.

The dairy said it continued to engage with customers to secure price increases to pass back to the farm gate

Farmers could be in danger of holding firearms illegally as licensing delays reach an ’untenable’ level. 

Defra has said small abattoirs are likely to benefit from public funding in the future, following industry unrest over dwindling capacity.

Co-operatives could be essential in helping to create sustainable local food systems in Wales.

Contracts worth £34.5 million have been offered by the UK Government to companies to train up to 11,000 heavy goods vehicle (HGV) drivers, in a move welcomed by farm chiefs.

Farmers will absolutely not be penalised for early adoption of environmental schemes in the transition between old to new, Defra Minister Victoria Prentis has said.