Rural News

Farming bosses worry about how the UK Pesticides National Action Plan (NAP) is going to be supported and delivered, especially without the SFI options.  

A Scottish farm has issued a plea to find people responsible for setting a tractor on fire.

Significant change to the Land Reform (Scotland) Bill is needed if the Scottish Government’s policy objectives for land reform are to be met, said Holyrood’s Net Zero, Energy & Transport Committee.

“If you notice something or even just have a small suspicion something has changed, go to the doctor immediately. Do not wait,” agronomist Pete Waltham warns.

The annual Household Food Management Survey has revealed that despite being a nation of food lovers, when it comes to food waste, fresh produce is the UK’s most binned item.

Two men have been arrested in connection to a quad theft at a farm in the Llangammarch Wells area. 

The Clarkson’s Farm star, Kaleb Cooper, has announced the launch of his first children’s book, called ‘Kaleb’s Farmyard Tales: Escaping Animals and Runaway Tractors’. 

A man has been charged following an incident that involved a knife at a Devon farm shop. 

Robertshaw’s Farm Shop is set to open near Skipton following a £2.85 million funding deal with NatWest and the bank’s asset finance partner Lombard.

An East Yorkshire company has been fined more than half a million pounds after an employee’s lower arm was severed when it became entangled in a conveyor. 

Derbyshire Rural Crime Team is a part of a pioneering project that analyses canine DNA from livestock and can be used following dog attacks. 

Cambridgeshire farmer John Pike has shared that he was “badly let down” by Defra’s Farming Recovery Fund, which was supposed to provide financial help to farmers impacted by severe weather in 2024.