farm business

Despite reporting strong throughput figures for 2023, executive director of the Institute of Appraisers and Auctioneers Neil Wilson said farmers and auctioneers faced some of the biggest challenges it has ever faced without backing from the Scottish Government

This week from Farmers Guardian editor Rachael Brown (May 3)

NFU Mutual has published data from a survey which found farm businesses faced on average £40,000 a year from the cost of rural crime

North East Fife MP Wendy Chamberlain said it was time for the Government to pay attention to the issues farmers faced in applying for Universal Credit after going through a challenging period

This week's letters from Farmers Guardian readers

Love British Food's public sector event saw industry leaders discuss how to promote British food

New report compares Red Tractor with New Zealand and Australian schemes

"Combined with the rising costs of everything associated with running a business, unfortunately, it is just not viable to continue to keep the doors open"

Ellen Firth, owner of Firth Flock Flower Farm in Ruthin, has embraced the opportunity to diversify her farm alongside a flower business

Helen is a fifth-generation farmer who farms with her parents, David and Anne Shaw, husband, Craig, and their children, Alfred and Hattie, at Grey Leys Farm in the Vale of York. The farm comprises 162 hectares (400 acres) of grass, maize and wholecrop for the herd of 240 pedigree Jersey cows and more than 200 followers