Farm Business

Having recently read through and advised on yet another Farm Business Tenancy (FBT), which, as sadly now seems to be the norm, has a short fixed term and reams of overly onerous and restrictive tenant obligations, along with an eye-watering rent, I thought it right to put pen to paper on the subject.

Central Plains Group in Western Ukraine has been applying fertiliser to crops and making plans for spring planting, despite the Russian invasion

Farmers on aligned milk contracts were losing patience, with significant numbers handing in notices as prices lag behind the market rate.

Nearly 90,000 primary school students will learn how science is integral to UK agriculture and food production first-hand from British farmers.

GPS theft has become an alarming trend across UK farms in recent years. Hannah Binns and Toby Whatley investigate what is fuelling the crime and how farmers and contractors can protect their equipment.

As war rages between Russia and Ukraine, is now the time for UK governments to press the pause button on agricultural policy reform and focus instead on producing enough food to feed the nation?

Delays in the rollout of the Government’s Environmental Land Management schemes (ELMs) are down to a deliberate policy of ‘listening, learning and improving’, Defra has revealed.

Rocketing input costs and disruptions to availability were raising fears of crops rotting in the fields and the collapse of the British pig industry.

Landlords resuming land from tenants to plant trees under a disputed notice to quit will not be eligible for funding through the England Woodland Creation Offer (EWCO), Defra has confirmed.

British Sugar said it felt it needed offer growers a guarantee on price in light of rising input costs