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The levy body has announced the potato sector will pay an unchanged levy to cover the costs of winding down, while the horticulture sector will pay a reduced rate

United Oilseeds managing director Chris Baldwin said he had ’never seen a market like it’. By Andrew Blake

Climate change and biodiversity loss are recognised as the two existential threats to our civilisation and the next few years will see a major transformation in how we use land so as to tackle these crises.

Following discussions with farmer representatives and escalating farm costs of production Freshways has announced a minimum 3ppl milk price increase from January 1 2022. 

Despite various support schemes having now coming into play, pig producers will remain ‘in limbo’ until butchers drafted in from overseas hit abattoir floors.

Farming Minister Victoria Prentis has said the Government will not accept a key recommendation from Henry Dimbleby’s National Food Strategy to protect standards in trade deals.

CLA analysis shows rural businesses are set to lose out of hundreds of millions under revised funding plans unveiled in the budget

CLA analysis shows rural businesses are set to lose out of hundreds of millions under revised funding plans unveiled in the budget

With Brexit and the climate change agenda, the agriculture community probably felt the 2020s were going to be challenging.

Making the switch from brassicas to a winter grazing crop of rape, ryegrass and berseem clover has given one Welsh farmer an income boost while reducing soil erosion.