Farm Life

"Agriculture has a significant role economically, socially, culturally and environmentally"

Red Tractor interim chair Alistair Mackintosh said his focus was on improving farmers trust in Red Tractor, through 'greater transparency and increasing audit efficiency.'

Dietician Dr Carrie Ruxton said it was an ‘observational study’ which made it ‘impossible’ to single out one dietary factor as a cause of type 2 diabetes

A spokesperson for River Action said: "It was a genuine mistake corrected minutes later in the BBC programme"

Bridget Gooden, who runs Garslade Farm on the Somerset Levels has noticed an increased level of interest from people wanting to stay on a working farm and puts it down to the 'Jeremy Clarkson effect' and the popularity of his TV series Clarkson's Farm

The OF&G board is now looking to appoint a successor

Mr Clarkson said the pub will only use British farmed produce because he wants to support farmers working in the UK

"Dad only has a year to live, but he is going to do all he can to raise money for MND research"

From an impartiality row following the promotion of Brian May's badger documentary to catching up with farmers about their harvest time so far - these are six farming stories not to miss this week on FG

The court was told that Huw Pritchard was constructing a pond and banks near the stream to try to resolve flooding issues on farm