Wales’ red meat industry has unveiled a new four-year strategy aimed at boosting sales, strengthening sustainability and expanding the global reputation.
Labour MPs and countryside campaigners are urging the government to introduce a national rural plan as soaring oil prices and rising living costs place.
New powers to tackle dog attacks on livestock will come into force later this month, giving police stronger tools to protect farmers during the lambing season.
Farm leaders and animal welfare groups are urging MPs to introduce tougher protections on food imports, warning that British farmers risk being undercut.
Farmers are being urged to plan carefully before diversifying as farm businesses face growing financial pressure following the loss of the BPS.
A tribunal hearing this week will decide whether campaigners can gain access to records detailing pesticide use on farms. Conservation group WildFish will appear at a tribunal on 12 March in a legal ...
Escalating tensions in the Middle East are shaking global fertiliser supply and threatening availability just as farmers prepare for key application seasons.
Farmers are being urged to act quickly as looming inheritance tax reforms threaten to create a financial “time-bomb” for many family farms.
The government has published the first list of regulations expected to fall under the UK’s future sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) agreement with the EU.
Police have recovered stolen vehicles and agricultural machinery worth more than £850,000 after uncovering a suspected rural “chop shop” in Essex.
Defra has cut around 15% of its workforce in the past year, with further reductions planned as MPs warn the department risks losing vital expertise.
Farmers are being targeted by scammers posing as road workers who offer cheap pothole repairs before demanding up to £12,000 ...