Farm Life

Industry bodies have warned the latest delay to the flagship Environment Bill is hugely unhelpful for farmers.

New legislation aimed at addressing the increasing level of attacks on livestock, including raising the maximum fine to £40,000, has been debated in the Scottish Parliament.

Livestock rustling remains a costly crime for UK farmers as new figures from the NFU Mutual reveal farm animals worth an estimated £2.3 million were stolen last year.

As we enter the New Year with trepidation and a little hope, farming life continues in its usual pattern and we are thankful for it.

Zoe Legg, 21, is studying extended agri-food and business management at Harper Adams University and helps run her family’s beef suckler herd in Devon.

More than 330 Welsh people have benefited from the DPJ Foundations Share the Load service in the last three years.

More than 330 Welsh people have benefited from the DPJ Foundation’s Share the Load service in the last three years.

The advantages of adding value to farm produce are well recognised now but they were not when Tom Mitchell re-modelled his pig enterprise back in 1997. Ewan Pate reports.

Diversifying into care farm provision can bring benefits beyond the additional income stream. Clemmie Gleeson finds out more.

A farmer caused a serious accident by driving his tractor out of a field onto a main road with a lead of logs in the front bucket, a court heard.