Farm Life

Defra Secretary George Eustice has reinforced food production will be central to future agricultural policy, in a virtual address at the Great Yorkshire Show (GYS).

The impact of coronavirus on the farming and agriculture industry has been significant, prompting Defra and the Department for International Trade to launch a ‘bounce back plan’ but for some farming businesses, it is too little too late.

Building greater resilience and sustainability into food and farming supply chains will be ‘sped up’ as the industry recovers from the coronavirus pandemic.

Plans to rewild an area the size of Dorset in an attempt to restore soil health have been branded ‘unrealistic’ by farmers.

Harrogate’s Great Yorkshire Showground (GYS) may have been eerily quiet this week, but messaging about British food was loud and clear.

The Wildlife Trusts has called on the Government to introduce a pesticide reduction target which cuts overall use by at least 50 per cent over the next 10 years.

Only 3 per cent of farmers trust the Government to invest enough money in nature-friendly farming after the coronavirus pandemic, new research has shown.

A farmer from Oxfordshire has been killed after being crushed by a sprayer boom.

Celebrity farmer and food campaigner Jimmy Doherty has told Farmers Guardian’s Over the Farm Gate podcast that Covid-19 has helped bring a new appreciation of farmers.