Farm Life

Further fears farmland is being put at risk from tree-planting have been raised after commercial forestry values rose by 15 per cent over the past year.

A scene in a Netflix festive film that appears to show a Great Dane let loose among a flock of sheep for comic effect, has been ‘called out’ by the livestock industry.

A love for the Jersey breed, and the nostalgic taste of traditional Jersey milk, has seen one young farmer in Cumbria develop a flourishing on-farm dairy business.

Only half the amount of free range turkeys will be available this Christmas as a result of the avian flu outbreak, industry experts have confirmed.

Farming has the highest workplace injury rate - almost four times above the all-industry average, new findings from the Health and Safety Executive have revealed.

In memory of farmer and talented stockwoman Hannah Brown, there is a campaign to raise awareness of sepsis in the farming community.

Jeremy Clarkson has said he is testing regenerative farming techniques in one of his fields, despite objections from his key adviser, Kaleb Cooper.

Hannah Park speaks to dairy farmer David Finlay who, after turning to direct supply more than a decade ago, has launched The Ethical Dairy brand which has cow-with-calf dairy farming at its core.

Wales Rural Affairs Minister, Lesley Griffiths, has come out in support of tenant farmers, saying that if the new Sustainable Farming Scheme (SFS) does not work for them, it does not work at all.

Retailers Tesco and Waitrose have announced support packages totalling almost £17 million for egg producers and suppliers, while Noble Foods announces price rises from next month.