Author Posts: Aleksandra Cupriak

Nearly one in five people surveyed by the Countryside Alliance say they have considered leaving the area where they live due to the increase in rural crime. 

Recent data by Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) shows that clostridial diseases consistently rank among the most frequent sheep submission diagnoses, prompting vets to remind farmers of the importance of timely vaccination to avoid such losses.

While the British meat industry is preparing for the latest blow from its own regulator, the Food Standards Agency (FSA) is also making it harder for producers by imposing an increase in meat inspection charges. They came into force on April Fool’s Day, and, unfortunately, it is not a joke.

Farmers from around the UK are set to take part in a movement that aims at demonstrating the fragility of the nation’s supply chains. 

Safety concerns have been raised in regard to the controversial plans for a huge solar farm that is set to be built on the Cambridgeshire-Suffolk border. 

Almost 30 vehicles were stopped as part of a multi-agency operation to tackle rural crime and road safety along the border between Cambridgeshire and Lincolnshire, Cambridgeshire Constabulary confirmed.

Defra has just announced a new proposal to ban heather burning on peatland, which aims to protect air, water and wildlife.

63 ewes have been recovered following a theft of 75 sheep from a farm in Newcastle Emlyn, Wales. 

About 2,000 people “got a flavour of farming” during the fifth spring family farm day hosted by the Suffolk Rural College.

More than 1,700 farms on the outskirts of English towns and cities have disappeared in the past 15 years, the Campaign to Protect Rural England warns.

The British farming community has criticised Nigel Farage’s recent suggestion that the UK should allow American low-quality, chlorine-washed chicken to be sold in the country as part of a free trade deal with Donald Trump.

A farmer who lives in the biggest fly-tipping hotspot in the East of England and faces the crime on a daily basis has spoken out about how it influences his life.