Farm Life

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

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’.

Scotland’s First Minister and SNP leader Humza Yousaf has had a turbulent first week in office.

With tough economic circumstances weighing on the residential property market, Alex Black spoke to property experts to find out whether the impact was being felt on farmland.

Thousands of Environment Agency workers in England are to strike for a further a four days over pay later this month, following weeks of disruption as staff opted out of ‘on call’ duties.

Alex Phillips is a partner and head of the agriculture and rural affairs division at law firm mfg Solicitors.