Farm Business

Scottish farm businesses saw a 36 per cent drop in income in 2019/20, with farm chiefs saying the statistics highlighted the sector’s reliance on support.

Ulster Farmers’ Union president Victor Chestnutt has warned against ’bad legislation’ which could wipe out half of Northern Ireland’s livestock farmers to meet a legislative climate change target without any scientific basis.

As the world battled Covid-19, Chhattisgarh, an Indian state, took on a new initiative to promote rural livelihoods along with organic farming.

The Foundation for Common Land (FCL) has highlighted ongoing concerns about the viability of upland farmers and commoners during the transition away from direct support in England.

NBA, AHDB, QMS and HCC have voiced their outrage at Blue Peter’s Green Badge criteria which encourages children aged six to 15 to reduce meat consumption among other measures to become a ’Supersized Climate Hero’.

The promotion and marketing of agriculture has been a long-standing bugbear for many farmers. But just how does British farming build a brand that conveys trust and excellence to the public? Here, Richard Huntington, chairman and chief strategy officer at advertising giant Saatchi and Saatchi, explores the challenges and opportunities facing the British farming brand.

The Covid-19 pandemic has not only disrupted supply chains, but it has also impacted on the industry’s workforce and its training needs. Hannah Binns reports on what has changed and the positive framework it has created going forwards.

While the outlook for many of the UK’s rare native breeds has remained broadly unchanged, the Rare Breeds Survival Trust (RBST) has highlighted a number of ‘priority breeds’ in its latest annual Watchlist.

MPs on the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee have called on the Government to act ‘urgently’ to support food suppliers to pubs and restaurants.

A worker has died in a heather burning incident.