Farm Life

The Lifelong Education Institute's new report has urged the Government to categorise food security, accessibility, and sustainability as a public good and give the agri-food sector the status of a strategic industry

Yorkshire Vet star Peter Wright was also in attendance as a celebrity judge

The Met Office has issued a 'danger to life' warning in parts of Angus, Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire with Storm Babet anticipated to cause 'significant disruption'

The Alliance to Save Our Antibiotics has criticised education and healthcare providers for failing to stop farmers from ‘overusing' antibiotics on farms

Officers said the suspect drove up a track to gain access to the farm before leaving the scene with the stolen pigs

The Tenant Farmers Association said each week it was hearing from a ‘growing number' of farmers losing access to tenanted land or being told their Farm Business Tenancies would not be renewed

Lincolnshire Police said a 34-year-old man from Daventry had been arrested on suspicion of burglary and theft of a GPS tractor unit from a farm in Cumbria

Nottinghamshire Police said they executed a warrant at the farm in Worksop and found seven vehicles - believed to be stolen - including BMWs, Mercedes, Land Rovers and a Jaguar

A farmer from Montgomeryshire has created a petition which has placed pressure on the Welsh Government to remove or lower the requirement for farmers to place land out of production for tree planting and habitat creation

The new programme kicks off in December with a three-day workshop for up to 50 farmers