Farm Business

The Royal Highland Show, Scotland’s biggest outdoor event, normally attracting nearly 200,000 visitors, has been cancelled.

Grocery staples including potatoes, butter and mince are at the heart of a new supermarket price battle as Tesco tries to dent the expansion of discounter Aldi by matching its prices.

Livestock auction marts have urged farmers to only attend sales if conducting trade, as concerns over the impact of coronavirus grow.

First Milk has urged its farmers to sign its voluntary First4Milk pledge in a bid to proactively promote sustainable dairy farming.

British beef farms are among the world’s least profitable, an international study of performance has showed.

The National Sheep Association (NSA) has challenged the Government’s focus on tree planting and peatland restoration as a means to mitigate climate change.

New guidance to expand the reach of the UK’s Food Waste Reduction Roadmap has been published, providing growers with advice on tackling food waste.

A Council has been blasted for its ‘heartbreaking’ decision to sell a farm to a private bidder. 

Around a third of all food produced for human consumption is lost or wasted – a fact that I still find hard to comprehend, says Peter Maddox, WRAP director.

Straw prices are rising in anticipation of a small harvest this year, but merchants have warned against any panic buying.