Diversification

With the growth of pet ownership, providing facilities for dogs could be a lucrative diversification as well as potentially helping to bring down livestock worrying numbers

More farmers are expected to look towards alternative income streams as farm payments change, Oxbury Bank’s Tim Coates spoke to Rebecca Jordan about financing diversification

For rural and farming communities across Wales, the Welsh language is as integral to everyday society and culture as it has been for generations.

With family farming history spanning 150 years at Cairns Farm, fourth generation sheep famers Caroline and Graham Hamilton were keen to secure a viable business future for the next generation.

Following a boom in staycations in 2020 and 2021, campsite owners and the industry are calling on the Government to extend temporary campsite dates again in 2022

Pumpkin picking has become the latest craze in the UK on the run up to Halloween, with umpteen patches being set-up on farms throughout the country. Katrina Macarthur finds out more.

As the staycation trend shows no sign of slowing down, architect Keith Handy tells Alex Black why new business ventures need to have strong environmental credentials

With many farmers looking for new income streams, Strutt and Parker’s Ed Mansel Lewis takes a look at the opportunities for rural estates