Farm Life

AGCO, the parent brand of Massey Ferguson, Fendt and Valtra have made significant investments in the recruitment of new entrants into the sector.

UK chief vet Dr Christine Middlemiss and Arla managing director Ash Amirahmadi were amongst those named in the New Year Honours List

Farming Minister Mark Spencer has batted away concerns that the increased Environmental Land Management (ELM) scheme payments announced this morning (January 5) are ‘too little, too late’.

A blind farmer who fought hard to fulfil his ambition of working in the agricultural industry has now dedicated himself to helping young people with disabilities achieve the same. Emily Scaife finds out more.

Increasing economic pressures, supply concerns and wider environmental issues are set to amplify farm expenditure, with recent budgets looking quite different to those 12 months ago.

Increasing economic pressures, supply concerns and wider environmental issues are set to amplify farm expenditure, with recent budgets looking quite different to those 12 months ago.

More than 25 pregnant sheep have been killed in Kent in what local officers are calling ‘the worst livestock attack’ the force has ever seen.

Farming support schemes are set to be disrupted this month after more than 400 staff at the Rural Payments Agency voted to strike.

Farmers are being urged to help farmland birds through the ‘hungry gap’ now winter is well underway.