Farm Business

Arla has published a digital book based on a dairy farm and his cow to inspire children to take a more active role in making positive food choices.

A year-long pilot scheme is taking place on a new platform for sugar beet growers

November saw the highest monthly value of British grocery sales ever, with shoppers spending £10.9 billion. That record is only expected to stand for a month, with sales of £12 billion in December on the cards. Cedric Porter reports.

Farmers must speak to their suppliers and confirm productivity-boosting equipment is available to order before accepting their Countryside Productivity Small Grants (CPSG) by January 18, 2021.

A series of adverts thanking British farmers for their ‘tremendous perseverance’ through the Covid-19 pandemic have been produced by online grocer Farmdrop.

Next year will see farmers facing a complex mix of challenges, whatever happens with Brexit, farm business consultants Andersons have said. By Jonathan Wheeler

Farmers in Montgomeryshire, Wales have raised thousands of pounds for families in difficult circumstances by donating sheep and lamb sale proceedings. 

Defra Secretary George Eustice has said the current ‘buoyancy’ of the UK sheep market may mean the sector will not need to be compensated in the event of a no-deal Brexit.

Arla farmers in Denmark are considering legal action after the co-operative failed to respond to questions about different additional payments to farmers

For farmers it’s a novelty to have your hometown in the news. Even rarer to see bits of your farm in the papers.