Author Posts: Aleksandra Cupriak

Officers from Cumbria’s dedicated rural crime team have recovered stolen property worth £820,000, cut quad bike thefts and made dozens of arrests in one year since the squad was launched.

“The farming and growing businesses that produce food need long-term certainty so they can plan and invest for the future,” said the NFU president while calling on the government to deliver an increased agriculture budget. 

Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service shared a shocking photo of a burnt-out tractor and its trailer following an incident last weekend. 

Dog owners have been asked to clean after their pets following an incident where cattle fell ill due to ingesting dog poo. 

M&S has announced the initial results from its first ‘autonomous field’ trial, which will see the retailer selling lower-carbon parsnips later this year.   

Farmers and people living in rural communities are being urged to ‘nip it in the bud’ and get checked for early signs of cancer as part of a new UK-wide campaign by The Farming Community Network (FCN). 

The National Federation of Young Farmers’ Clubs (NFYFC) has just announced that His Majesty King Charles III has been confirmed as its new patron. 

BarleyGroupCloud and Hikvision have joined forces to create a solution for securing remote areas with solar-powered security systems. 

Scottish Borders police are appealing for information after 70 hay bales were set alight at a farm in Berwickshire. 

An 85-year-old Welsh farmer has been handed a suspended sentence following charges relating to causing unnecessary suffering to sheep and cattle, with some “being eaten live by flies”. 

The Countryside Alliance has responded to the government’s proposed reforms to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), highlighting its key concerns and advocating for a ‘rooftop-first’ approach to solar installations on farmland.

Defra has just announced that UK farmers and traders will once again be able to export poultry to South Africa, bringing up to £160 million to industry over the next five years.