Farm Life

Concerns have been raised about the ‘clarity’ and ‘practicality’ of Government guidance in relation to how the Sustainable Farming Initiative (SFI) will apply to areas of common land.

Farmers are no longer encouraging their children to follow in their footsteps as they do not want them to suffer the same pressures they are currently facing, MPs have been told.

Life changed for popular TV vet Guy Gordon when he upped sticks from the north of England and lay some new roots down in one of the most remote areas of Scotland. Ewan Pate finds out more.

A summer ball is being organised by young farmers to celebrate the90thanniversary of leading rural youth organisation The National Federation of Young Farmers’ Clubs (NFYFC).

Several food and farming chiefs have been recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours.

Farmers have been urged to fit fire suppression systems to their combines to reduce fire risk and save lives and harvest.

Farming projects designed not only to boost nature, but also to attract private investment are set to benefit from grants of up to £100,000, it has been announced.

For 70 years, Queen Elizabeth has led this country with dignity and pride and her reign has coincided with the utter transformation of agriculture and wider society.

MPs have backed farming union demands for a single authority to deal with the issue of fly tipping.

Industry chiefs have paid their respect to Her Majesty The Queen for her life-long appreciation and support for British agriculture ahead of this weekend’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations.