Rural News

April 2025 marks a significant milestone for specialist recruitment business MorePeople as it celebrates 25 years of service for the food, fresh produce, horticulture, and agriculture industries. 

NFU Cymru, along with sponsor NFU Mutual, is once again launching the search for a winner of the Wales Woman Farmer of the Year Award.

Alicia Kearns, MP for Rutland and Stamford, has proposed a new clause which makes theft of high value farming equipment an aggravating factor on sentencing.

Two arrests have been made following an incident in which a man was struck by a vehicle while confronting suspected poachers near Hurstbourne Tarrant, Hampshire Police confirmed. 

Building soil health, finding funding and income sources, making the most of innovation as well as tackling succession planning and inheritance tax are just some of the issues affecting the farming and horticulture industries that will come under the spotlight at the Royal Three Counties Show.

A casting agency is looking for farmers and agricultural workers to appear in an advert for what is believed to be Jeremy Clarkson’s Hawkstone lager.

Farmers Guide talks to Rebecca Wilson, recently listed in The Times Young Power List, about her family farm, government policy and what it’s like to be a woman in agriculture.

Family paid tribute to a 14-year-old boy who died after being crushed by heavy machinery on a farm in Malvern, Worcestershire.

Farmers have been asked to have their say on a proposal to increase the Environment Agency’s regulatory charges.

Yorkshire farmer Tom Carlisle has been inspired by Billy Joel to release a song highlighting the pressing issues that British farmers are currently facing.

Can-Am recently hosted a press event in France, showcasing its latest ATVs and SSVs. Machinery reporter Daniel Hodge took them out for a test drive.

The sudden closure of the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) scheme last month sent shockwaves through rural communities, with a Country Land and Business Association survey now revealing the widespread impact and damage it will have on farming incomes.