Farm Business

A leading mental health farming charity in Wales has said controversial new regulations which introduce closed periods for slurry spreading are ‘likely to cause stress’ for farmers.

Cumbrian farmers have highlighted a ‘catalogue of errors’ by the Environment Agency (EA) and Rivers Trust in their approaches to water management and flooding.

A farming family in Lancashire have been left disheartened after thieves stole money from an honesty box.

The factory was expected to open in the first quarter of 2023

Use of vertical farming technology has become more widespread in recent years, but how can it complement conventional farming systems? Alex Black and Rob Yorke report.

Farm and environmental groups have raised a series of concerns over the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) scheme pilot, after Defra published details of the scheme this week.

Arla has proposed ceasing production at its Trevarrian site following the loss of key own-label cheese contracts plus continued instability in the food service demand due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Several changes have been called for by the NFU and the Tenant Farmers Association (TFA) in their responses to the Red Tractor standards consultation.

Farm groups have slammed a Defra plan to establish a rewilding forum, branding it an idea straight out of the Mad Hatters tea party.

Farm groups have slammed a Defra plan to establish a rewilding forum, branding it an idea ‘straight out of the Mad Hatter’s tea party’.