Author Posts: Aleksandra Cupriak

While shoppers can currently enjoy discounts on Christmas vegetable staples in some supermarkets, Farmers Guide has asked the NFU about the consequences of those price cuts on British farmers.

Welsh farm machinery dealer Malpas Tractors has gone into administration following cash difficulties and the recent death of its managing director. 

Merlo UK has recently hosted its annual dealer conference and revealed the companies that were awarded the dealer of the year title.

The NFU Mutual Charitable Trust, which offers help to rural communities and mentors youngsters, announced its donations for 2024 amount to more than £1 million. 

Small businesses across the UK have been facing many financial challenges in 2024, including fraud and scams, the Financial Ombudsman Service has revealed. 

Campaigner Save British Farming has launched a Christmas appeal asking children to write a letter to Sir Keir Starmer as well as Santa about their wishes for British farming in the New Year. 

Frontier Agriculture has partnered with Esri UK to create advanced geospatial solutions for the UK farming industry.

Hartpury University and Hartpury College’s Home Farm has installed a state-of-the-art robotic milking system that allows a cow to be milked when it wants, which can be up to three times a day on average.

Three new barley varieties from Syngenta have been added to the latest AHDB Recommended Lists. They are two new Hyvido hybrid winter feed barleys and a new spring malting barley with potential for brewing and malt distilling.

More than six tonnes of illegal meat were seized at Dover Port during a 14-hour period at the beginning of December.

A group of trade associations has called for a formal consultation, warning chancellor Rachel Reeves that changes to BPR and APR will starve their members and the economy of investment, leading to forced, premature business sales and resulting in job losses right across the country. 

Brussels sprouts are set to be up to 25% bigger and noticeably tastier this season, Tesco has confirmed.