Farm Life

British agriculture was rocked to the core 25 years ago by the foot-and-mouth crisis. Have lessons been learnt at a time when the UK food supply chain is being compromised by illegal meat and cheap food imports?

A prolific waste criminal who targeted farmland has been ordered to hand over more than £1.4 million for illegally dumping in excess of 4275 tonnes of waste across England

Dame Angela Eagle ready to answer farmers most pressing queries

'Gaps' in legislation could lead to more people taking their own lives, warns coroner

Bramblebee Farms has developed its wide range of livestock enterprises in response to customer demand

Before his career in politics, Epping Forest MP Dr Neil Hudson was a veterinary inspector who was on the frontline of the foot-and-mouth outbreak in 2001. Dr Hudson remembers the once bustling farms which became empty, the impact it had on the sector's mental health, and why the current Government should never take the UK's national biosecurity for granted

Competitors head for Paris to showcase their shepherding skills

Auctioneer Andrew Templeton, of Harrison & Hetherington, reflects on a defining chapter in British agriculture's history, the emotional impact of working in the industry at the time, and why the sector has still not fully recovered since

Farmers and landowners said Scottish Government has not gone far enough with plans to 'partially' reinstate rates relief for shooting and deer-forest businesses

Campaign group River Action accuses Natural Resources Wales of 'washing its hands' of pollution risks