Farm Life

With the biodiversity net gain (BNG) initiative firmly embedded in the fabric of UK planning since its launch in February 2024, now is the ideal time for land developers and the conservation sectors to take full advantage of the opportunities it offers, says Andy Howard, chief executive of CSX

An affluent urban fringe setting pays dividends for one family farm. Chloe Palmer reports

The Sturdy family are waiting to hear the outcome of an appeal hearing which could result in around half of their arable farm being taken out of production for a solar farm. The Sturdy family's landlord is the FitzWilliam Trust Corporation. Ms Sturdy has claimed that one of its six trustees, Lady Helena Rees-Mogg, is the wife of Sir Jacob

The NFU has expressed ‘extreme concern' to reports the scheme is now unlikely to open until mid-2025

Farm fires were larger-scale and costlier in 2023, with calls for farmers to review and update fire prevention methods

Groundswell co-founder Paul Cherry said: "We are producing the wrong sort of foods, we should be eating more of the food we produce ourselves rather than feeding it to pigs, chickens and cattle"

Devon and Wales face record rainfall as 172 flood alerts remain in place across UK

The Welsh Government's new outline for the Sustainable Farming Scheme has ‘scaled back' the number of universal actions from 17 to 12

With COP29 taking place this week, Prof John Gilliland was in attendance on behalf of AHDB

Tractors entered Hagg Bush Farm to take four items over two days