Farm Business

The industry has called on consumers to continue to support local

Dairy Partners’ new7,000m2 facility innear Stroud, Gloucestershire was expected to be completed in 2022.

The animal welfare charity has renewed its call for dog owners to be more responsible and keep their dogs on leads near livestock after two separate incidents within a week.

Meat processors are warning of an impending labour shortage which has become their ‘number one concern’ over recent weeks.

A family has been left devastated by the news that they could lose almost half their farm to a massive solar energy scheme. By Sarah Lyon

A 2020 Countryside Stewardship (CS) Mid-Tier application has been left in limbo after a Catchment Sensitive Farming Officer (CSFO) ‘ghosted’ a farmer and a consultant for more than several weeks.

A carbon border tax could be an ’appropriate mechanism’ to address the imbalance should overseas producers fail to meet the UK’s environmental standards, CLA president Mark Bridgeman has said. 

The Pacific free-trade agreement could bring 119 banned pesticides to the UK, spelling ’disaster’ for UK farmers, a new report by Pesticide Action Network UK (PAN UK) has warned. 

Farm leaders have warned a trade war between the UK and the EU would be ‘devastating’ for farmers, as political threats on both sides escalated this week.

Farm leaders have warned a trade war between the UK and the EU would be devastating for farmers, as political threats on both sides escalated this week.