An NFU petition calling on the government to “reverse the family farm tax” has been signed by more than 260,000 members of ...
S/F New sexual harassment legislation applies to all farm businesses, even those with just one employee, so what steps should they take to be compliant?
Farmers across Cumbria, Lancashire, and Yorkshire are experimenting with livestock to manage bracken, an invasive plant that ...
Red meat levy Hybu Cig Cymru (Meat Promotion Wales) faces allegations of a “toxic culture” following significant staff ...
Farm manager David Northway’s oilseed rape harvest hit a top yield of 5t/ha in the summer, his highest for nearly 50 years.
Farmers in Wales won’t need to have 10% tree cover on their land to qualify for government funding after it was announced ...
Defra has temporarily paused new offers for its capital grant scheme following an unexpected surge in applications and rising ...
Running a local bar two nights of the week, I am lucky enough to get all the latest gossip, drama and scandal. I also get to ...
The dairy cow’s rumen is a large bioreactor, home to a diverse and dense population of microbes. A single teaspoon of ruminal content contains 150bn micro-organisms, which act in co-ordination ...
For any still unsure about the medium-term implications for British (or at least English) agriculture of leaving the Common Agricultural Policy, the government’s Budget of 30 October did at ...
Sugar beet harvesters might be the giants of UK agriculture, but a machine weeny enough to fit inside their cab might one day be working ahead of them. Washington-based Aigen’s solar-powered and ...