Farm Business

Industry chiefs have been left incensed at calls to increase wages and conditions to alleviate the crisis gripping all corners of the agricultural sector.

The Royal Association of British Dairy Farmers (RABDF) has urged shoppers not to panic buy dairy products, following reports of farmers having to dump their milk due to HGV lorry driver shortages.

Defra Secretary George Eustice has said farmers will need to cut mineral fertiliser use ‘quite significantly’ in order to meet the country’s net zero emissions target.

Today marks the launch of the fourth, and potentially most important, year of our #ThisIsAgriculture campaign, at a moment in time when showcasing careers throughout the industry has never been more crucial.

Preparations are well underway for Cultivate 2022, a business-led conference aimed specifically at farming and rural enterprises. With Farmers Guardian being the event’s media partner we find out more about what January’s event has in store.

Gene editing (GE) and the use of innovative breeding technologies is firmly on the agenda within Westminster, as evidenced by the announced on GE by George Eustice.

Farmers and politicians have voiced their outrage at Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s ’indifferent’ attitude about a possible pig welfare cull in light of the labour crisis, sparking some to take to the streets in M

Pork processors have hit back after Defra Secretary George Eustice accused them of ‘ripping up their contracts’ with British farmers as the crisis in the pig sector intensified.

The Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution (RABI) has moved to reassure supporters and staff on its reform plans, after concerns were raised about the direction of travel.

The NFU has urged Ministers to delay Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) reductions due to hit farmers in 2022 and 2023, with president Minette Batters warning the industry is on a ‘knife edge’.