Farm Life

A new report from Defra shows a distinct rise in the number, and cost, of fly-tipping incidents on public land in the past year. The figures also show a decline in perpetrators being punished, with rural groups responding that the figures only show a small fraction of the actual crime.

With winds up to 100mph and several feet of snowfall, the storm is one of the worst for several years. Nearly a week after the storm hit many are still repairing damage, and in some areas living without electrical power.

Waitrose and Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) have come together to develop an award-winning app. The collaboration new mobile application will help Waitrose farmers assess and begin to understand the emotional wellbeing of their farm animals. 

Leading rural insurer NFU Mutual is urging people to prepare for high winds this weekend after the Met Office issued a Yellow weather warning for wind across most of the UK.

After Clarkson’s Farm aired on Prime Video, viewers tuned in to witness farm manager Kaleb Cooper regularly lose his temper with Jeremy Clarkson’s attempts at farming. Now, Clarkson’s much-awaited book, Diddly Squat: A Year on the Farm has been released. Farmers Guide got hold of a copy and it is everything you would expect and more…

In the run up to Christmas this year, Morrisons is paying homage to hard-working farmers with its ‘Farmer Christmas’ advert and competition.

A farming student from Devon has been selected as one of the faces for a national engineers campaign to inspire the next generation to tackle climate change.

Farmer and TV presenter Adam Henson has shared his top tips to help keep fellow agriculture workers safe while carrying out work on farmland.

As fallouts from Brexit and the Covid-19 pandemic continue to stack up, the farming community has faced a perfect storm of stresses and challenges, with many seriously concerned about the future or being forced to leave the industry. With this in mind, Farmers Guide spoke to FCN for some advice on coping with stress.

New book ‘Farm to Fork; the challenge of Sustainable Farming in 21st Century Britain’, from author and farmer Joe Stanley, explores our food system and farming future in a time of great change.

Dorset farmer Sophie Gregory was announced the winner of this year’s Dairy Woman of the Year Award at the Women in Dairy Virtual Conference last month.

It was announced this week that the UK’s rules on towing a trailer will change in autumn 2021 – find out how these changes could impact you.