Farm Business

Sussex Police have arrested a man who fell ’neck-deep’ into a slurry pit during a police chase.

The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) has paid £1.67 billion of Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) money to more than 95 per cent of farmers in the first day of the payment window.

The cooperative has also confirmed its Member Premium will remain at 0.5ppl from April 2021

Agricultural commodity markets would begin 2021 with high prices but prices were expected to hike further, according to Rabobank’s annual outlook report.

Farmers must be vigilant and ramp up their security measures following the rising spate in Land Rover Defender thefts, NFU Mutual and North Yorkshire Police have said.

A new report from the Sustainable Farming Trust (SFT) has warned a US-UK trade deal will threaten the progress which has been made in recent years on antibiotic resistance.

Rural Affairs minister Lesley Griffiths has announced 200,000 of support for the Royal Welsh Agricultural Society for 2020-21

Labour and food shortages driven by the Covid-19 pandemic have escalated the move to high-tech farm equipment with the market expected to double over the next five years.

We understand farmers are anxious about the changes outlined by Defra in its agricultural transition plan this week, but that change will offer real opportunities for the sector, says Farming Minister Victoria Prentis.

The chief executive officer of the Wildlife Trusts, Craig Bennett, was ridiculed after he tweeted an image of a sloped Cambridgeshire field which claimed ploughing was responsible for flooding each winter.