Farm Business

A British man has beaten the nine-hour lamb shearing world record in memory of his daughter. 

FirstMilk will hold its milkprice for September at the current level.

Despite the Covid-19 pandemic seeing a 20.3 per cent fall in rural crime costs totalling £43.3 million in 2020, the lowest annual level in five years, thieves returned to UK farmyards with new tactics and targets.

Farmers are being urged to plan how they will manage and build stocks of winter forage and bedding following this year’s cold and wet spring.

Trade Minister Greg Hands has said Australia can put up a reasonable case that it has good standards of animal welfare in food production.

Trade Minister Greg Hands has said Australia can put up a ‘reasonable case’ that it has good standards of animal welfare in food production.

The Government has announced that funding to help English farmers tackle water and air pollution on their land will be doubled.

House price rises of 20 per cent over the next five years are set to add fuel to a burning crisis affecting rural areas across the country, Liberal Democrat MP Tim Farron has warned.

House price rises of 20 per cent over the next five years are set to ‘add fuel to a burning crisis’ affecting rural areas across the country, Liberal Democrat MP Tim Farron has warned.

A couple are fighting to save a farm that has been in their family for 85 years after their landlord’s plan to develop the site into industrial units was given the green light.