Farm Business

Neil Shand, chairman of the National Beef Association, said the amount of cattle lost in the 2001 foot-and-mouth crisis amounted to the size of England’s current suckler herd.

The Chancellor’s measures announced last week could give businesses an opportunity to invest

For many farmers caught up in the foot-and-mouth crisis, vets were sometimes ‘seen as part of the enemy’ for their active role in delivering Government’s blood-testing and cull policy.

Wales bucked the trend in the rest of the UK with a good supply of farms on the market in 2020

Sir David Amess, Conservative MP for Southend West, has called on the Government to adopt his Bill banning farrowing crates from 2027.

NFU president at the time, Sir Ben Gill, was one of the major figures of the crisis. Here, his son Ed Gill tells Hannah Binns how his dad handled the huge pressure and why the family remains proud of the role he played.

This year marks 20 years since the foot-and-mouth crisis which devastated rural Britain. In this special look back, Hannah Binns talks to those who lived through the crisis and how it changed farming lives.

South American weather and its potential impact on corn production from Argentina and Brazil remains a key market factor in the near term. 

Growers voted against the continuation of the levy for AHDB last month

The Livestock Auctioneers Association said the figures showed the importance of the auction mart system