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Visit the UK’s leading indoor agricultural event, with eleven packed halls of the very latest in agricultural machinery and equipment. Now at the NEC, Birmingham this is free to attend and free to park.
As Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) payments start to land in farmers’ bank accounts this month, Alex Black looks into the threat posed by fraudsters and what the agricultural community can do to stay safe.
Defra has assembled a working group to design a new seasonal labour scheme as the latest survey on supply showed more than 40 per cent of food and farming businesses have had to bump up their wages to attract workers.
Hundreds of British farmers are to spend tomorrow in Morrisons stores allowing customers to meet the farmers who produce the fresh, seasonal produce they are buying.
Retailers have come under pressure to overhaul their egg sourcing policies following the European eggs scandal which saw 700,000 contaminated eggs enter the UK food chain.
New plans to make CCTV in English slaughterhouses mandatory and give vets unrestricted access to all footage have been announced by the Government, raising privacy concerns for abattoir workers.
NFU Cymru has warned the long wait for the results of the Welsh Government’s consultation on Nitrate Vulnerable Zones (NVZs) has left farmers ‘extremely unsettled’ and unable to plan for the future.
Rural communities fear they are being ‘staked out’ by brazen thieves ready to pounce when an opportunity arises, a new survey by NFU Mutual has revealed.
A new report by the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) shows England is rapidly losing its network of smaller farms, and the diversity in food and landscape they provide.
Farmers across the UK are geared up to boost their business with more than £300,000 in the latest spurt of grants from the Prince’s Countryside Fund (PCF).
Born and bred in the Berkshire countryside and now living in Cumbria, Shadow Defra Secretary Sue Hayman told Abi Kay she was ‘on a mission’ to make a difference for rural communities.
Farm chiefs have hit back at claims farmers have been neglecting the environment due to uncertainty over the future of environmental support post-Brexit.
Good security is crucial to protecting your property. But as no two farms or rural businesses are the same, there’s no standard, one-size-fits-all solution.
As England and Wales battle to get on top of bovine TB and the disease closes in on Scotland, we have put together some top tips on keeping your cattle safe and preventing the spread of infection.
There is a huge number of farm attractions across the UK. Providing a great way to have a family day out, they can also be beneficial in allowing children access to farm life and animals. Here are some ideas if you’re planning a trip this Easter.
The UK Government must deal with the constitutional problems thrown up by Brexit before focusing on the longer-term issues such as trade, the Farmers’ Union of Wales (FUW) has said.
Landlords have been jacking up rents for farm tenants by unfairly comparing them to ‘exorbitant’ payments elsewhere in the market, according to the Tenant Farmers’ Association (TFA).
Agrochemical giant Monsanto claims it has uncovered damning evidence of a plot to bury research which proved glyphosate’s safety at the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC).