farms

In a landmark event for nature conservation, the National Trust have released the first two pairs of Eurasian beavers to live in the wild in Purbeck, Dorset, after a new policy was announced by Defra and Natural England last week

Farmers in England are reminded of the spreading restrictions on urea fertilisers beyond April 1, 2025 and applying protected urea, instead of untreated urea or ammonium nitrate, will offer both environmental and economic advantages

Robert Black will succeed Dr Bob McIntosh, the Scottish Land Commission has confirmed

Dan Jones farms 650 ewes at the National Trust-owned Parc Farm, which sits on the Great Orme on the North Wales coast near Llandudno

Harry Bowell is Director of Land and Nature at the National Trust

James and Isobel, with their two young children, recently bought their first farm, and plan to run beef and sheep over 13.8 hectares (34 acres), renting a further 44.5ha (110 acres). James works for tech firm Breedr as a product manager. You can follow them on Twitter @jpbwfarm

NFU Scotland is calling on all farming and crofting members to complete its 2025 Intentions Survey with a message of ‘help us help you’

With Labour continuing to keep its course on the changes to Inheritance Tax, Michael Miller at Spencer West looks at what politicians are missing

Supply and demand was the key driver of trade at marts this year. Tom Ryder takes a look back at 2024

As 2024 draws to a close, Cedric Porter took a look at commodity markets across the sectors