Business News

The Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Act 2023, which allows the commercial cultivation of gene-edited crops in England, has now come into force. 

A national charity, Green Allotments, has been purchasing land and creating new, community-run allotment sites on small areas of agricultural land. 

Farming campaigning group Farmers To Action confirmed that, as of today, it has formally dissolved its operations. 

The owner of a UK-based king prawn farm, along with the researchers behind the project, said that introducing the farms could create a thriving and sustainable domestic seafood industry.

Welsh farming representatives have welcomed the cross-party House of Commons’ select committee report urging the UK government to delay its planned inheritance tax reforms.

The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board has appointed Helen Herniman as its new chief executive and accounting officer. 

More than 12,000 letters have been sent to local MPs in just 12 days urging them to “speak up for farming” ahead of the Autumn Budget. 

The Farm Retail Association (FRA) is celebrating 25 years of supporting communities with local food through farmers markets.

Farmers have been warned to prepare for potential incursions and trespasses by activist groups, following recent online activity suggesting plans for coordinated farm actions across the UK.

To mark Remembrance Day, we caught up with farmer’s son and British Army sergeant Rob Duchesne, about how he balances farm work and army life.

The NFU, the Worshipful Company of Farmers, JCB and other farming representatives will take part in the Lady Mayor’s Show this weekend to thank the public for its ongoing support of British farming.

Plans to build a Forest City on agricultural land on the Suffolk–Cambridgeshire border have been revealed.