Politics

Farm groups and vets have responded angrily to a Government decision to delay checks on EU food imports to Great Britain (GB).

The Chancellor’s measures announced last week could give businesses an opportunity to invest

Sir David Amess, Conservative MP for Southend West, has called on the Government to adopt his Bill banning farrowing crates from 2027.

A leading mental health farming charity in Wales has said controversial new regulations which introduce closed periods for slurry spreading are ‘likely to cause stress’ for farmers.

Farm and environmental groups have raised a series of concerns over the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) scheme pilot, after Defra published details of the scheme this week.

Farm groups have slammed a Defra plan to establish a rewilding forum, branding it an idea straight out of the Mad Hatters tea party.

Farm groups have slammed a Defra plan to establish a rewilding forum, branding it an idea ‘straight out of the Mad Hatter’s tea party’.

Farmers have seen their income from telecoms masts slashed by up to 90 per cent since 2017

Farm groups have expressed their bitter disappointment after Senedd members voted not to annul Welsh Government’s controversial new water regulations yesterday.

Amidst the unprecedented turmoil of the Scottish political scene, NFU Scotland has attempted to move the focus away from the current Holyrood battlefield on to the forthcoming parliamentary election on May 6.