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The Tenant Farmers Association (TFA) has called for Natural England’s expanded budget to be used to help farmers join Defra’s new agri-environment scheme, Environmental Land Management.

Buyers are in the market for land but landowners have been cautious bringing land forward with uncertainty from Brexit, future agricultural policy and the pandemic. We take a look at what is driving farmland market

Any farmer looking to buy timber this spring is in for a shock.

Labour Shadow Defra Secretary Luke Pollard gives his views on the UK-Australia trade deal, and explains why he believes the Government intends to put family farms out of business.

Finally, the rain has come. We’ve had over a 100mm in a fortnight and the fertiliser we spread last month has kicked in and the grass has responded.

At last, the countryside around us in Aberdeenshire is starting to turn green, with the odd splash of yellow but still lots of brown.

Research exploring an amino acid in wheat and potatoes has highlighted the potential that CRISPR technology has to address other targets in wheat breeding.

British oilseed prices continue to be supported by a global market that expects demand to outstrip supply

The safety record in agriculture continues to show a worryingly high injury and death rate, especially where machinery is involved.

A planning submission which could see an additional 400,000 tonnes of liquid meat, brewery and food waste dumped in old fertiliser lagoons has faced strong objections from a rural community in South Norfolk.