Farm Life

Rural campaigners have accused Wiltshire Police of ‘blatant discrimination’ after the force banned officers with links to hunting from joining its Rural Crime Team.

Farm assurance body Red Tractor has bit back at claims published in The Times newspaper that said its members are “more likely to pollute the environment” than non-assured farms.

A new £18 million capital grant scheme to help safeguard rare and threatened species from extinction, has been launched by Natural England.

A farm at the centre of an undercover animal cruelty video has been targeted by protesters who laid flowers in memory of its ‘victims’.

Food scandals from almost 40 years ago are still affecting consumer buying trends, a new survey has revealed.

Could a unique parlour design which sees the electrics all housed in a cellar to protect it from daily wear and tear lead to greater equipment longevity?

Sophie Ascroft is currently on the McDonald’s Progressive Young Farmer scheme, but her journey took an unexpected turn before finding her place back in the industry. Here, she shares her personal experience with Farmers Guardian.

The four leading UK farming unions have issued a joint statement demanding the Government address their concerns over food security and the end of the Energy and Trade Intensive Industry scheme (ETII).

After buying his own farm in 2018, young farmer Jesper Toft Bitsch has invested in a new cow accommodation and automation. Chris McCullough reports.

Farmers in England are one step closer to tapping into gene editing technology, with the Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Act to remove precision bred, or ‘gene edited’, products from the scope of GMO legislation, bringing rules in line with other countries around the world, including Australia, Canada, Japan, Brazil and Argentina.