Farm Business

Soaring input costs, labour shortages and systemic supply chain failures have created a catalogue of challenges for farming businesses.

The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Efra) select committee has urged Ministers to treat the UK abattoir network as a strategic national asset.

A growing health market could present opportunities for producers and processors to promote the benefits of red meat and dairy, a new report by AHDB has found.  

Lecturing staff at Scotland’s Rural University College (SRUC) have commenced a programme of industrial action following a long-running dispute over pay and grading. 

The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Efra) select committee has urged Ministers to treat the UK abattoir network as a ‘strategic national asset’.

The opening up of the US market to imports of British lamb has been welcomed but it remains to be seen what the impact on Scotch lamb will be.

Barber’s Cheesemakers milk price will hit a seven year high in November

The dairy said the rise was on the back of stronger markets

Barbers Cheesemakers milk price will hit a seven year high in November

Tenant farmers should not be the collateral damage in the rush to plant more trees, George Dunn chief executive of the Tenant Farmers Association has warned.