Rural News

Championing the Farmed Environment and the Nature Friendly Farming Network (NFFN) have joined forces to promote and celebrate the work of farmers and growers in protecting pollinator populations.

Marion Pont, 87 from Ashford in Kent, is continuing to run her sheep farm with the help of two mobility scooters – including a 20-year-old TGA Supersport.

The 2020 AHDB Planting and Variety Survey has revealed a large swing to spring cropping due to poor autumn conditions.

Aldi UK’s CEO Giles Hurley has said that the supermarket will not sell chlorinated chicken or hormone-treated beef, regardless of any future trade deals.

Britain’s annual pea harvest takes place each year from June – August, marking the busiest part of the season for the UK pea industry. Great British Pea Week (6th – 12th July 2020), now in its fifth year, celebrates the UK pea season and champions the industry that works around the clock each summer to deliver frozen peas to the nation.

A statement from LEAF’s CEO, Caroline Drummond, regarding the 2020 event : When lockdown was enforced in March, we took the difficult decision to postpone LEAF Open Farm Sunday from 7th June

This year’s NMR RABDF Gold Cup competition, which is celebrating its 100th year, has now opened for entries.

The British Cattle Breeders Club Conference will be held virtually in 2021 due to uncertainty caused by Covid-19. 

A website created to help farmers find fruit and veg pickers in the Covid-19 crisis, which has resulted in a shortage of overseas workers, has now registered 25,000 people.

Farmers in Severn Trent priority catchments are being encouraged to sign up to the Farm to Tap scheme to receive up to £5/ha for protecting watercourses from metaldehyde.

Telford’s annual UK Dairy Day has become the latest event in the farming calendar to be postponed or cancelled following the Covid-19 pandemic.

It is with regret that the National Sheep Association (NSA) is today announcing the unfortunate cancellation of this years NSA Sheep Event 2020.