Farm Business

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. 

With it taking anything up to 17 years of research and development to bring a new product to the seed variety market, Barenbrug UK managing director Paul Johnson talks to FG about the breeder’s priorities in the years ahead

Brexit has failed to deliver for small abattoir owners despite the fact that crushing EU rules have led to many slaughterhouse closures in recent years, an industry leader has warned.

Two new support services tailored for the farming community have been launched by the Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution (RABI) in light of ’worrying’ low levels of mental well-being. 

Mandatory labelling needed to be clear, comparative and ‘multi-criteria’ to allow consumers to make sustainable choices but the current system was not delivering.

Jim Walker has criticised comments by NFUS president Martin Kennedy on Irish beef filling the UK self-sufficiency gap

The Environment Agencys chief executive has been accused of misleading MPs on the effective ban on autumn muckspreading, which was introduced to improve water quality.

The Environment Agency’s chief executive has been accused of ‘misleading’ MPs on the effective ban on autumn muckspreading, which was introduced to improve water quality.

NFU Cymru president John Davies will be standing for the positions of vice and deputy president in the upcoming NFU elections.