Author Posts: Sarah Kidby

To mark Remembrance Day, we caught up with farmer’s son and British Army sergeant Rob Duchesne, about how he balances farm work and army life.

Leader of the opposition Kemi Badenoch once again called for the family farm tax to be scrapped and took a swipe at the chancellor’s “laundry list of excuses” ahead of the next Autumn Budget.

Specialist vet Ben Strugnell shared advice on calf rearing in a webinar for GB Calf Week, based on key learnings from post-mortems.

The farmer, in her 70s, was reliant on her Suzuki King Quad 400 to carry out her daily farming duties.

As the British Sugar factories open for the season, we visited the Bury St Edmunds site to find out what yields and quality are like so far.

Claims have been circulating on social media that a majority of meat in UK supermarkets is halal, with concerns over the proportion of animals slaughtered without prior stunning.

Police were called to reports of an incident at a farm in the Woodbridge area of east Suffolk.

Administrators have been appointed for Dunstall Holdings Limited and Rea Valley Tractors Limited – after no viable offers were received for the Group as a whole.

Following confirmation from NFYFC that DEFRA’s discretionary funding was set to come to an end, DEFRA has said “no decisions on funding have been made yet”.

Robbie Moore MP accused the prime minister of “going after” the next generation of farmers, as well as older farmers fearing inheritance tax.

Suffolk livestock farmer Julian Hagger, of Blacks of Bacton, has just purchased his fourth Teagle trailed straw blower in 15 years, from the recently established DJ Agri Services – which took over from Suffolk Agri Centre when it closed in March 2024.

Dunstall Holdings Limited, and subsidiaries including Rea Valley Tractors, have announced an intention to appoint administrators, owing to challenges facing the group.