Farm Business

No child should die as a result of failure to control risk on GB farms, Health and Safety Executive (HSE) principal inspector Wayne Owen has said.

A wild camper who threatened to shoot a farmers husband when challenged for having his dog off a lead on farmland has pleaded guilty to behaving in a threatening and abusive manner.

Writtle University College has launched a new MBA in Regenerative Food Systems and is accepting applications for autumn 2021. 

Harper Adams University vice-chancellor Dr David Llewellyn has retired after 23 years. 

A wild camper who threatened to shoot a farmer’s husband when challenged for having his dog off a lead on farmland has pleaded guilty to behaving in a threatening and abusive manner.

A farmer has urged the public to report any unsupervised dogs, or incidents of dogs attacking sheep, after 29 sheep were killed in recent attacks.

The Energy Minister who signed the net zero by 2050 target into law has questioned whether the approach is the right one.

Reducing emissions from feed was highlighted as an opportunity with the report finding some farmers were overfeeding protein, leading to higher emissions

Farmers applying for gun licences will face social media checks as part of Home Office plans to toughen up firearms legislation following the Plymouth mass shooting.

The Covid-19 pandemic is still proving to be a hurdle for large-scale indoor events, with the organisers of AgriScot announcing the farm business event will be postponed to 2022.