farm business

The Ulster Farmers' Union (UFU) held a crisis meeting with Northern Ireland's leading food businesses and organisations to address the threat facing farming from government policies

The Budget has put succession planning in the spotlight, but how do you start the conversation?

This week from Farmers Guardian editor Olivia Midgley

"We need to embrace wireless technology to protect ourselves and our livestock while boosting productivity"

The Government said there also been a long-term trend in the decline of cattle numbers

Chester South and Eddisbury MP Aphra Brandreth has asked if there could be a debate in the House of Commons in the memory of Cheshire farmer Paul Reeves who died earlier this year

The letter called on Peter Kyle, Secretary of State for Science, Innovation, and Technology, to confirm £5 billion is still allocated to 'Project Gigabit'

"Fairness in the supply chain is essential to a thriving industry"

Dorset Council said the publication of its Farm and Rural Estate Strategy, yet to be finalised and approved, could suggest the future direction of its 'specific approach' and 'future management' of the estate

Emma and her family farm in Monmouthshire, milking 100 pedigree Holsteins and selling raw milk from the farmgate. They also run 300 North Country Mules. Emma is Monmouthshire NFU chair and volunteers with the Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution