Farm Business

Natural Resources Wales (NRW) has warned the Welsh Government that its proposed new water rules may have the ‘perverse outcome’ of making water quality worse.

Coronavirus is starting to have an effect on global agricultural commodities, largely because of a drop in oil prices.

The Labour Party has voted to block the Agriculture Bill’s passage through Parliament because it does not include measures to protect farmers from being undercut by low-standard imports.

Campaign group Wild Justice has branded Defra’s latest General Licences ‘unlawful’ and threatened to take the Government to court if it attempts to extend them at the end of February.

The Government’s failure to include binding targets to improve soil health in the Environment Bill has left a ‘gaping hole’ in UK legislation, the Soil Association has warned.

A potential move to simplify inheritance tax could sweep away special reliefs for farmers and leave them with tax bills they would struggle to pay, a specialist agricultural lawyer has warned.

The start of a new decade is often a prompt to reflect on the 10 years just gone, and to consider what the next ten will bring.

Store cattle prices are strengthening, with numbers sold through auction markets lower than a year ago.

As more people look to holiday in the UK, Farm Stay is seeking to connect holidaymakers with farmers.

NFU vice president Stuart Roberts has said the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) is not the right body to oversee supply chain issues.