Farm Business

New rules to protect the Amazon and other rainforests are set to hit UK farmers with added costs and paperwork.

They are often seen as a big part of the solution to mitigating climate change but while trees have a major role to play in sequestering carbon, plantings must be carefully thought out.

Making the most of stewardship schemes now could help you get ready for the new Environmental Land Management (ELM) scheme. Olivia Midgley reports.

AHDB, HCC and QMS have agreed individual calculations for cross-border movement to slaughter of cattle, sheep and pigs

AHDB said there was an opportunity for UK exporters to capitalise on 330m consumers

Seeing Countryside Stewardship boost his own bottom line, Edward Earnshaw is now helping other farmers start their journey into agri-environment schemes. Olivia Midgley reports.

Neil Harkness and his partner farm at Hole of Lyne, a 40.4-hectare (100-acre) upland hill farm in the very north eastern Cumbrian border.

Utilising biological controls will help farmers find sustainable methods to fight a devastating maize pest which threatens food security in Zambia, a Harper Adams graduate has found.

The Countryside Stewardship (CS) scheme covers a range of schemes – mid-tier stewardship, streamlined wildlife offers, higher-tier stewardship and capital item applications to support boundaries and hedgerow improvements, wat

Dairy farmers should check their EU staff have applied for the Government’s Settled Status Scheme to avoid becoming an unlawful resident and face deportation, Royal Association of British Dairy Farmers has said.