Farm Life

Lowlands farm, in southwest Birmingham, is home to Beth Withers and her husband, Tom. Here, she talks about bringing up her growing family at Lowlands, and the balance between motherhood and farming.

On Nether Aden farm, maximising efficiencies is key. Ewan Pate visits the Barron family to see what innovative methods they have implemented.

Staff at the Animal and Plant Health Agency (Apha) have today embarked on a two-week strike action to protest about pay and conditions.

The Government is being urged to step up its testing of wild birds as experts fear returning seabirds could trigger a new wave of avian flu outbreaks.

In early January, I had the pleasure of spending two days in Westminster meeting MPs and special advisers to make the case for securing farm incomes and creating space for nature.

With African agriculture’s challenges easy to misinterpret, Martin Rickatson visited Guinea to discover how investment in infrastructure could help boost its prospects.

NFU Mutual data shows the Scottish public are aware of the penalties for sheep worrying and that police are taking the issue seriously

With African agricultures challenges easy to misinterpret, Martin Rickatson visited Guinea to discover how investment in infrastructure could help boost its prospects.

With avian influenza causing major disruption for turkey producers last Christmas, Tom Woolman takes a look at the prospects for the sector in 2023.

Higher input costs alongside a price sensitive consumer means the cost of living crisis is set to hit farm business margins hard in 2023.