Serious concerns over red diesel plans
6th March 2020
Speculation that Chancellor Rishi Sunak is set to scrap the red diesel subsidy in next week’s Budget has prompted serious concerns among farmers.
Intensive badger culling to be phased out
5th March 2020
Defra has unveiled new plans to trial a cattle vaccine for bovine TB, improve testing and increase badger vaccination, with a view to phasing out intensive culling once other measures are in place.
Open evening celebrates new premises
5th March 2020
Ireland’s Farm Machinery Ltd, a family run machinery dealership with 3 depots in Lincolnshire, Carrington, Sutterton and Market Rasen, held an open evening to celebrate the launch of their new purpose-built premises on their 8-acre site at Carrington near Boston.
The Ad Plain crowned winners at National Rural Business Awards
5th March 2020
Oxfordshire based digital content specialist, The Ad Plain, recently celebrated after taking home the award for Best Rural Digital, Communications or Media Business at the national Rural Business Awards final.
Anger as leaked email says farming is not ‘critically important’ to economy
2nd March 2020
NFU president Minette Batters has dismissed a suggestion that the UK could import all of its food as “completely out of touch”, following reports of a leaked email from a senior government official.
NFU20: Frustrations aired over three-crop rule
28th February 2020
Severe flooding across the country in recent weeks formed a key part of discussions at the NFU Conference this week, with particular concerns raised about the three-crop rule.
“Morally bankrupt” to import sub-standard food
27th February 2020
Signing a trade deal to allow the import of food that would be illegal to produce in the UK would be not only “morally bankrupt”, it would be “insane”, said Minette Batters at the NFU Conference this week.
Farmers asked to share views on green farming scheme
25th February 2020
Environment secretary George Eustice has today unveiled details of a green farming scheme that rewards farmers for work that enhances the environment.
Jeremy Clarkson’s farm shop ‘cheaper than Aldi’
25th February 2020
Former Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson invited fans to the opening of his farm shop on Saturday, where he sold produce grown on his 1000-acre farm, Diddly Squat, in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire.
Scotland’s arable farmers may have the winning hand
25th February 2020
At a packed Scottish Agronomy technical conference, Scotland was hailed as a beacon of opportunity for arable farmers.
Arla to increase milk price for March
25th February 2020
Dairy giant Arla will increase its price for conventional milk by 0.90 pence per litre for March, bringing the price up to 30.94ppl.
Flood risk to continue as further rain expected
24th February 2020
The Royal Agricultural Benevolent Fund has released £50,000 from its crisis fund as the Environment Agency warns that significant risk of flooding will remain in England for the next few days.
