Farm Life

A young farmer with a passion for tractor pulling, the world’s most powerful motorsport, is using her platform as a Miss England Midland’s semi-finalist to promote the world of agriculture.

Farm groups have claimed the Chancellor’s pledge to reduce VAT by 15 per cent for the tourism sector will see agritourism ‘fight back’ post Covid-19.

Twenty years ago this spring saw the formation of Farmers For Action. To mark the anniversary, Farmers Guardian spoke to its leader David Handley about why the organisation remains relevant two decades on.

British farmers must not bear the brunt of food price cuts as supermarkets look to win the custom of cash-strapped shoppers feeling the effects of the coronavirus crisis, the NFU has warned.

The latest farm income figures for Scotland show an industry still worryingly dependent on subsidies.

Students at Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) took part in an online celebration on Monday (July 6) after their graduation ceremony was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.

With Government advice still set on urging the public to avoid mass gatherings due to Covid-19, Linking Environment and Farming (LEAF) has taken the ‘difficult’ decision to postpone Open Farm Sunday (OFS) until June 13, 2021.

Farmers Guardian photographer Marcello Garbagnoli has won a coveted award from the International Federation of Agricultural Journalists (IFAJ).

Prompted by a desire to swap knowledge with other like-minded farmers amid an ever-changing dairy marketplace, Tim and Louise Downes have recently joined the network of AHDB strategic dairy farms across Great Britain. Hannah