Farm Business

Farmers across England are set to benefit from simpler and more proportionate penalties for small over-claims of land under the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) in 2020.

Defra Secretary George Eustice has admitted the Government was slow to issue guidance on how to keep workers safe in food manufacturing plants at the start of the coronavirus pandemic.

Covid-19 has seen a spike in labour costs of up to 15 per cent leaving British growers in an ‘unsustainable’ situation, a new report has revealed.

A tenant farmer has defended his farming practises in a social media post after receiving criticism from a campaigner which claimed he was responsible for the ’destruction’ of ’valuable

Three growers are urging their colleagues to complete a ballot to gauge views on the AHDB levy in order to paint a ‘truly representative picture’ for Defra.

Warburtons has announced it will cease its milling wheat contract with Openfield from July 2022 and move forward with Frontier Agriculture, following an internal review of its wheat supply chain.

Defra Secretary George Eustice has voiced his confidence in the food chain’s ability to survive a no-deal Brexit following its response to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Some sheep farmers have burned or composted fleeces to help offset wool handling and haulage costs, after Covid-19 caused the wool price to collapse.

A two-year-old is thought to have died in a slurry pit incident after being found unresponsive at a farm in Lancashire.