Farm Life

This week’s Over the Farm Gate podcast takes a look at Chloe Lucas’ journey from the NHS into agriculture

Embarking on an entirely new venture in pig farming during a period of national lockdown brought more than expected for one young couple. Chrissie Long reports.

Farmers are being urged to keep a close eye on expensive kit after a new report revealed a sharp increase in GPS theft.

The horticulture sector has been delivered another blow after it emerged a second seasonal worker provider has been removed from the Home Office register.

Plans for border checks on food imports from October have been welcomed, but Government must ensure there are no further delays.

The size of the spring flush will be the key factor for milk prices in the UK later this year, with global dairy markets also under pressure.

Rural groups have warned the Government is still ‘failing to understand the rural economy’ as Defra announced a further £110 million in funding.

Students at Edinburgh University have voted overwhelmingly against a motion which, if successful, could have meant an end to meat and dairy products being served at any of the university’s catering outlets. 

A new purpose-built farming and rural skills training centre is taking shape on the Dumfries House estate, headquarters of The Prince’s Foundation in Ayrshire.

MPs are set to debate controversial plans to significantly limit grazing on Dartmoor, following claims Natural England is attempting to rewild the iconic landscape ’by the backdoor’.