Farm Life

Rural insurer NFU Mutual has issued some security advice to help farmers protect their fuel in case of prolonged shortages.

As the staycation trend shows no sign of slowing down, architect Keith Handy tells Alex Black why new business ventures need to have strong environmental credentials

We had a great day at Usk show. The sun shone and the hospitality stands were brimming with thirsty farmers grateful for the alcoholic beverages offered to them.

September rolls on with the local area mostly caught up now. Fields of grain, straw and silage have led to some very full barns locally.

With many farmers looking for new income streams, Strutt and Parker’s Ed Mansel Lewis takes a look at the opportunities for rural estates

Laura Yates, 25, lives on her family’s beef, sheep and arable farm near Bridgnorth, Shropshire. She currently works at Pinstone as an agri PR consultant.

A 21-year-old woman has died in a quad bike incident.

So after the longest of waits harvest 2021 is nearly complete here in the soggy North West and with it came its many stresses. However, I find none as stressful as trying to move the combine down the road.

Key elements of Defra’s new environmental grant schemes are still not in place despite the initial rollout just months away and low uptake of farmers.

It is that time of year again when the weather person on TV talks about increasingly autumnal conditions and you know summer is nearly over. That said, it has been a lovely spell, allowing us to get second cut silage and arable silage cut and baled with little stress.