Politics

Irish farms face an existential threat like no other, now the ‘emissions genie’ has been let out of the EU milk bottle, writes Bruce Jobson.

All poultry and captive birds in England are being ordered to be kept indoors in a bid to stem the avian flu epidemic.

The delay in signing a post-Brexit trade deal with India is cause for optimism on the Government’s trade agenda, according to National Food Strategy author Henry Dimbleby.

Dairy farmers in Wales have said it is unlikely they will sign up to the country’s new Sustainable Farming Scheme as its current terms will ‘inhibit’ production.

A new £70 million scheme that aims to transform the UKs National Park peatlands from carbon sources to carbon sinks has been met with caution by farming groups.

Women are being put off farming because of a perception that the work is unsuitable for them, according to a new Scottish Government report.

Input costs have risen at record levels over the last year, far outstripping the increase in commodity prices for most farmers.

New Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has raised several political careers from the dead just in time for Halloween. But will Chancellor Jeremy Hunt take his reaper’s scythe to the farming budget? Abi Kay explores.

Farmers are facing ‘less scrutiny’ as cost pressures see consumers ditch eco-credentials in favour of lower prices, new research has suggested.

Fears are growing that the agriculture budget could be slashed amid the ‘frenzy of spending cuts’ which Rishi Sunak’s new Government is expected to carry out.