Farm Business

Prince Charles has issued a rallying cry to safeguard small-scale family farms and their vital role in the UK’s sustainable future.

Exports are steadily climbing up again but they are well below year-earlier levels. Cedric Porter analyses the latest trading data.

It follows the completion of its first three-year fixed price contract

The market for solar farms has been reinvigorated by the focus on sustainability but there are pitfalls for landowners. Boulton Cooper’s Stewart Hamilton highlights the importance of careful tax planning

Industry has renewed its safety calls after two people were killed in separate farm incidents a day apart. 

Landowners could cash in on strong demand for housing as developers capitalise on the Government’s ambitious house-building targets. Rural Ventures Kim Walton looks at how farmers can be sure they are getting the best offer

Farmers were losing £26/head in the first quarter of the year

Arla said it would be welcome news for their farmers who are becoming ‘increasingly pressured’ by rising on farm costs

Importing bee packages and colonies directly from European countries is no longer allowed since the Brexit transition period ended and beekeepers are now feeling the effects.

The Tenant Farmers Association (TFA) has called for Natural England’s expanded budget to be used to help farmers join Defra’s new agri-environment scheme, Environmental Land Management.