Rural News

The UK government has announced plans to introduce legislation that would require all new ATVs and GPS units to be equipped with forensic markings to deter thieves. 

Five Animal Rising campaigners have received a nine-month conditional discharge following aggravated trespass at a dairy facility in 2022.

Rumenco will roll out its pink Lifeline Lamb and Ewe buckets following an “overwhelmingly positive” fundraising result. The campaign launched in 2024 in aid of the Pink Ribbon Foundation has already raised over £21,000 in donations.

The latest Jeremy Clarkson book, Diddly Squat: The Farmer’s Dog, has just been released.

Agricultural machinery dealer Thurlow Nunn Standen has raised over £25,000 for Dementia UK through a charity auction of a 1971 Massey Ferguson tractor. 

The Rural Minds Project has been launched to raise awareness and understanding of mental health in UK agriculture through an immersive Virtual Reality (VR) experience. 

The farmer, in her 70s, was reliant on her Suzuki King Quad 400 to carry out her daily farming duties.

The government said it will offer £440,000 for rural pubs to provide extra services to their local communities.

CLA research has shown that thousands of pubs, shops and bus routes and services have closed across rural communities in the past year alone.

Organisers of the Cereals Event have emphasised that, even though next year’s show will take place on a farm well known from the Clarkson’s Farm series, the event is exclusively for farmers and agricultural traders only. Read more to see how to book your tickets safely.

The Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) scheme offers grants to those who are willing to adopt its rules for three years. Among the rules are strict restrictions on the use of chemical insecticides, seed dressings, nematicides, acaricides and silica insecticides. However, this has caused some confusion with farms using silicon biostimulants.

A major initiative to celebrate the huge contribution of older people to Scottish agriculture is being launched by RSABI this week.