Whether Defras lump sum offering sparks a race for the farming exit door in England is yet to be seen, but there is no doubt it will be appealing for many farmers, particularly tenants eyeing retirement....
Whether Defras lump sum offering sparks a race for the farming exit door in England is yet to be seen, but there is no doubt it will be appealing for many farmers, particularly tenants eyeing retirement....
As LEAF (Linking Environment and Farming) encourages farmers to open their gates for Open Farm Sunday on June 7, Farmers Guardian's editorial director Olivia Midgley reflects on the quiet but powerful influence such encounters can have on the public
Rural communities have been overlooked by successive Governments, the report says, with assumptions that they are areas assumed to be 'prosperous, politically peripheral, or resistant to change'
After the loss of their father, sisters Fiona and Alison Wilshaw stepped up to run their family farm in Cheshire