Farm Business

The full Sustainable Farming Incentive will not be available until 2024, but a scaled-back version of it will launch in 2022.

Graham Tweddle and his family are the third generation to farm at Archdeacon Newton.

Antony Ollerton, an arable farmer from Wigan, used two Capital Grant schemes in 2019 and 2020 which allowed him to concrete the farmyard.  

With 200 schools waiting to be matched to farms via digital channels, farmers have been encouraged to sign up to Farmer Time, a LEAF initiative which educates, engages and inspires children about farming and food production. 

Growers have warned the UK sugar industry could be consigned to the history books unless British Sugar increases prices above £30/tonne.

Growers have warned the UK sugar industry could be consigned to the history books unless British Sugar increases prices above 30/tonne.

Consumers in southern cities have spent more in butchers’ shops during the Covid-19 pandemic compared to their northern counterparts, new data from Paymentsense has found.

A farmer in North Wales has been left heartbroken after nine heavily pregnant ewes were poisoned by fly-tipped garden waste.

A farmer in North Wales has been left ‘heartbroken’ after nine heavily pregnant ewes were poisoned by fly-tipped garden waste. 

Farmers and land managers should be proud of their role in delivering nature recovery, with consumers more engaged in nature and landscapes than ever before.