Rural News

This year’s Royal Norfolk Show is set to bring together 80,000 visitors, 700 trade stands, 3,000 animals and Norfolk’s largest food and drink showcase.

Clarkson’s Farm fans have been worried after hearing that Alan Townsend, who helped Jeremy Clarkson renovate his pub, was set to undergo heart surgery.

A bull that had been roaming Birmingham streets at the end of last week has found a new home in Norfolk. 

Farmers can now apply for specialist water assessments following the launch of a new £1.1 million programme that is set to support farmer groups to collaborate on drought resilience measures and deliver on the government’s commitment to food security.

RSABI has just announced its collaboration with the University of Glasgow on the research project aimed at understanding and preventing suicide within Scotland’s farming and crofting communities.  

Convoy of about 35 tractors took part in the special send-off for teenager Harry Moss, who lost his life in a farming accident back in April. 

A group of family members and friends have taken on a challenge to walk 100 miles along the Kintyre Way this June in memory of Borders farmer Neil Stewart, who took his own life a year ago.

The dry spring of 2025 is likely to have caused damage to many crops across the UK, with some regions facing severe moisture stress and declining yield potential.

It has just been announced that Jeremy Clarkson’s latest book, Diddly Squat: The Farmer’s Dog, will be released at the end of 2025. 

Water supply company Severn Trent is offering free mobile water bowsers to livestock farmers across Shropshire as part of a new initiative to help manage water demand. 

The countdown is now on for Scotland’s two-day agricultural event, the Turriff Show, which will bring together the very best of northeast farming and its high-quality produce.

“Without funding, this will be the government giving up on its own environmental targets,” said the NFU leader following rumours of significant cuts to nature-friendly farming schemes.