Farm Business

Farmers can apply for a share of £25 million as part of round three of the Countryside Productivity Small Grants scheme.

Defra Secretary George Eustice has said growers should look to hire hospitality workers who are set to lose their jobs during the pandemic to fill labour shortages.

An independent report commissioned by the Centre for Innovation and Excellence in Livestock has concluded new methods of mitigating carbon emissions from livestock production must be found to reach net zero targets by 2050.

Trade Secretary Liz Truss has warned it is ‘dangerous’ for the UK sheep sector to be so heavily reliant on the EU market for lamb exports.

Organic food and drink businesses could face a ban on exports to the EU if there is no deal on equivalency with the EU.

AHDB has confirmed it has received valid requests for a ballot from more than five per cent of horticulture levy payers

The supermarket giant has been purchased by the billionaire Issa brothers, from Blackburn, in a £6.8bn deal

Forestry and Land Scotland, the government agency responsible for much of the country’s forestry, has stirred considerable controversy over its decision to authorise a cull of red deer hinds which began on September 1. 

An artist has dumped 29 tonnes of ‘fresh unwanted’ carrots on a university campus to explore some of the visible tensions between rural areas and cities.

Ongoing uncertainty regarding Brexit and the UK’s future trading relationship with the EU.