Author Posts: Aleksandra Cupriak

Securing the right financial support is critical for agricultural businesses facing loan maturity and refinancing challenges, UK Ag Finance warns.

Norfolk-based family-run business that has been offering a wide range of auction and valuation services since 1850 announced the death of Barry L Hawkins.

An acquisition agreement has been reached between two Scottish John Deere dealers, which will see J&S Montgomery expand into Lanarkshire, South Stirlingshire and West Lothian.  

A series of record-breaking Aberdeen-Angus cattle sales has reached new heights, with Netherton Eclipse Z036 setting a breed record for a bull of £65,600.

A sheep that was shot on a Suffolk rare breeds farm has made a full recovery, having recently given birth to “gorgeous” twins. 

Organisers of the November rally have announced that another farming protest will be held in London next month.

Farm animals worth almost £1.8 million were severely injured or killed in dog attacks in 2024. This marks a decrease of 26% compared to the previous year, NFU Mutual has reported.

With winter wheat at a wide range of growth stages coming out of winter, extra care will be needed to manage crop development and disease pressure this spring, agronomy firm Farmacy warns.

Farmers and landowners in Pembrokeshire National Park have shown their dissatisfaction with the plans to ban pop-up campsites.

Ahead of the spring application season, farmers, growers and distributors of plant protection products have been urged to be vigilant against well-organised criminals seeking to raid secure storage facilities.

British meat industry leaders said that the recent seizure of about 600kg of illegal meat in Northern Ireland, following a ban on German animal origin produce due to the foot-and-mouth disease, should be a “wake-up call” for the government.

Farming campaigners have called on the government to urgently reset its relationship with the countryside, 20 years after the Hunting Act came into force under the then Labour Prime Minister Tony Blair.