Farm Business

Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s spending review included a rise in the National Living Wage to £8.91 per hour

Ministers from the devolved nations have called for assurances that all EU funding for the countryside will be fully replaced, after it emerged Treasury proposals would see rural budgets slashed by more than £455m.

Industry bodies have called on Government to put meat factory workers on their list of early recipients for a Covid-19 vaccine.

The UK’s internal market will not be distorted if Scottish farmers keep their direct payments after Brexit, Defra Secretary George Eustice has said.

The cooperative said the current market outlook was uncertain with the potential for negative developments due to the latest Covid-19 situation and lack of clarity on Brexit.

The coronavirus pandemic is threatening US rural communities’ limited healthcare.

European and UK legislation on deforestation is a ‘huge opportunity’ for Brazilian agriculture with the industry confident it can increase production and efficiency without damage to the Amazon.

Finboot, a company producing blockchain applications for supply chains, takes a look at how the technology can help the farming industry feed a growing global population

There is no comparison to the UK’s food system in 2020 and the 1800s Corn Laws, and free traders are doing us all a disservice by denying this fact, says arable farmer and NFU Sugar Board member Tom Clarke.

Picture the scene. It is the end of 2021 and there has been a no-deal Brexit, while Basic Payments have also started to reduce in line with Government plans to move towards a more environmentally-based farming support structure.