Farm Business

Pumpkin picking has provided a new diversification opportunity for many farmers as Halloween becomes a major event in the calendar

A dedicated off-farm cull and render service to help producers struggling with the backlog of pigs on-farm will be funded by AHDB’s Pork Board. 

Farmers in England and Wales want to move away from centralised supply chains where they have little say over prices and not enough connection to shoppers, new research from Sustain has found.

Ahead of COP26, Hannah Binns explored some of the ways the agricultural industry has adapted to farm climate-smarter. 

Farmers will not be sent emails or texts containing website links to ’confirm’ personal or payment details, the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) has stated. 

With COP26 on the horizon, farmers were keen to share their role in mitigating climate change to the public while running profitable and productive businesses.

Retailers will focus on farming believing the sector holds ’the greatest opportunity’ to address climate change and biodiversity challenges, as they look to demonstrate the sustainability of their own supply chains.

Farmers and rural communities in Cumbria have been hit hard by heavy rainfall, sparking Met Office warnings of ’life-threatening’ floods.

Communicating farming’s role in mitigating climate change to the public will be key as pressure builds on world leaders to reduce each nation’s emissions. Farmers Guardian reports.

Young farmers will help cut plastic pollution and pledge to implement good waste management practices on-farm.