Farm Life

Whatever you think about HS2 — the cost of it; if the country even really needs it — the way operators have handled it so far has fallen woefully short of what should be expected. 

An agriculture student who has wanted to be a farmer all his life has been awarded this year’s prestigious John Innes Foundation Bursary which supports young people starting their farm management and crop production careers.

As the Government decides to ’delay’ the next phase of its controversial HS2 train line, Farmers Guardian speaks exclusively to the farmers for whom the scheme has taken both a mental and financial toll.

Snow has caused disruption to farms across the country this week as the UK faced an arctic blast.

One or more national park was likely to be on the way in Scotland, but NFU Scotland has raised concerns that the move would stifle growth in the countryside.

In a bid to bring rural women together and tackle the issues working in the countryside can bring, Rachael Middleton started a new group to provide ladies in the rural community with the support they need. Emily Ashworth finds out more.

A probe into supermarket Booths which sold beef from South America and Europe under a ’Best British’ logo could unravel a deeper web of food fraud, an organisation representing the meat industry industry has warned.

Labour needs to scrap its promise of an English Right to Roam act if it wishes to be ‘the party of the countryside’, according to the CLA.

Learn more about John Deere’s dedicated apprenticeship training centre, designed to support young people with the skills and training needed when starting out.

Reaseheath College’s apprentice Grace Nellist shares an insight into her Level 5 Advanced Dairy Technologist route of study, which equips her with the skills to develop, produce and control dairy products.