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The animal welfare charity has renewed its call for dog owners to be more responsible and keep their dogs on leads near livestock after two separate incidents within a week.

Meat processors are warning of an impending labour shortage which has become their ‘number one concern’ over recent weeks.

Amending Government legislation can be like turning an oil tanker around – slow, frustrating, sometimes impossible.

A family has been left devastated by the news that they could lose almost half their farm to a massive solar energy scheme. By Sarah Lyon

A 2020 Countryside Stewardship (CS) Mid-Tier application has been left in limbo after a Catchment Sensitive Farming Officer (CSFO) ‘ghosted’ a farmer and a consultant for more than several weeks.

A carbon border tax could be an ’appropriate mechanism’ to address the imbalance should overseas producers fail to meet the UK’s environmental standards, CLA president Mark Bridgeman has said. 

Van Dairy was at the centre of controversy following claims of breaching animal health and welfare as well as environmental regulations. By Bruce Jobson.

The Pacific free-trade agreement could bring 119 banned pesticides to the UK, spelling ’disaster’ for UK farmers, a new report by Pesticide Action Network UK (PAN UK) has warned. 

Farm leaders have warned a trade war between the UK and the EU would be ‘devastating’ for farmers, as political threats on both sides escalated this week.

Farm leaders have warned a trade war between the UK and the EU would be devastating for farmers, as political threats on both sides escalated this week.