Farm Business

After years of very low interest rates, the cost of borrowing could soon rise, while a strengthening pound could make exports more expensive

Growers had taken to social media to express their frustration at the hoops they had to jump through to access markets

A new report has highlighted increasing global demand for dairy which the UK was well-placed to meet

UK-wide housing measures will be introduced to protect poultry and captive birds against avian influenza, the Chief Veterinary Officers for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have agreed.

Visa checks forcing foreign butchers to pass English language tests on cheese rolling, Charles Dickens and the Burlington Arcade ’smacks of things dreamed up by civil servants with little experience of the real world’.

Farm groups have raised conflict of interest concerns after an Environment Agency (EA) employee working on Nitrate Vulnerable Zones (NVZs) policy was found to have spoken at an Animal Rebellion march.

Welsh Labour and Plaid Cymru have agreed to work together on a number of key rural issues, including the Government’s controversial water regulations, as part of a landmark Co-operation Agreement published this week.

Change is coming and denying it could destroy farm businesses.

A farmer has sparked an appeal for information after thieves stole 220 solar panels and two inverters worth approximately £70,000 from a field in Lincolnshire.

The UK’s progress on antibiotic reduction could be an advantageous selling point in future trade deals but requires better articulation and data from industry.