Farm Life

A Norfolk abattoir has been fined £300,000 after residents claimed they could not leave their homes owing to the stench of decaying poultry.

More than a quarter of farmers now plan to cut back or cease farming as the average age of farmers continues to climb.

With a passion for British produce, Jenny Jefferies has created a series of cookbooks that really champion UK farmers. Emily Ashworth finds out more.

A farmer has been left feeling ‘pretty sick’ after 116 Romney ewes, worth approximately £17,000, disappeared from his 460-strong flock, feared to have been slaughtered.

Emily Brown, 23, works on her family’s mixed farm in Stagsden, Bedfordshire and was Harper Adams Students’ Union president in 2021-22. She is also a NFU Student and Young Farmer Ambassador and helps promote diversity and inclusion in the industry.

A farmer has won a four-year business rates battle against HMRC in what could become a landmark victory for farm parks.

Rural campaign body CPRE has warned that a return to fracking risks ‘breaking the countryside’ and ‘further hammering’ rural communities already hit hard by the cost of living crisis.

In the latest instalment of the Farming With Nature series, Jane Thynne explores how farmers can make space for nature and boost biodiversity on their land. 

Television presenter-turned-farmer Jeremy Clarkson has launched an appeal after his local council ordered him to close his Diddly Squat eatery.

In our new foodie series championing British produce, Jenny Jefferies, author of two award-wining cookbooks will share monthly recipes with Farmers Guardian.