Farm Life

In a new series for Farmers Guardian, the 11 new recruits on the McDonald’s Progressive Young Farmer (PYF) programme. Each month we follow one of the PYF’s to see what they are doing.

The British potato area has declined rapidly over the last few years, but what is the future of the country’s favourite vegetable? Cedric Porter reports.

Will 2023 be the year that Red Tractor actually catches up with the real world?

Scotland apparently saw a rise in the number of hill farms marketed during 2022 as farmers sought to capitalise on the high prices being paid by forestry and environmentally-motivated buyers.

Fly-tipping and littering remain a blight on the UK countryside.

A switch to cross-breeding can feel like a daunting step, so a Yorkshire farming family put a toe in the water by importing a wagon-load of cross-bred in-calf heifers

Government ambitions to boost food production, protect nature and fight climate change, risk ‘overpromising’ on UK available land, a new report has revealed.

More than 100,000 people have signed an NFU petition calling on the Government to ban sky lanterns across England and Wales.

The future of apple and pear growing in the UK is ‘on a knife edge’ after it emerged that more than a third of planned orders for trees have been cancelled.

Hannah Reddaway never thought she would end up back on the family farm, but she has never felt more at home. Emily Ashworth finds out more.