Rural News

Young farmer Jon Watt spoke to Rachel Hicks about rejoining his family farming business, and the importance of making the most of every opportunity you are offered.

The B&B Tractors depot in Tideswell near Buxton has been broken into in the middle of the night by over a dozen people.

Defra said that over 66,000 homes, businesses and farmland in rural areas will be protected from the devastating impacts of flooding and climate change thanks to a £2.65 billion investment.

A Shropshire mother and daughter face losing their farming heritage unless supporters can raise £1.5 million to place their organic farm in community ownership.

The father of a three-year-old boy who died after being struck by a telehandler on a Tottington farm has been cleared of manslaughter.

The East Sussex-based farming and charcuterie business, Beal’s Farm, won a Defra research initiative to fund a feasibility study at farming and achieve net-zero results with its Mangalitsa pigs reared to produce British charcuterie products.

Dairy-Tech 2025, an event aimed at all dairy farmers, with a focus on new products and innovations in the industry and technical learning, has gathered about 300 exhibitors and thousands of visitors.

UK Ag Finance has shared a story about how the specialist helped a young farmer through a generational transfer with an agricultural loan.

Farming Community Network and Dewing Grain have invited farmers to attend a free FarmWell event, which will take place later this month.

Over 100 tractors are taking part in the farmers’ rally on the A14 in Suffolk today.

Farmers have been asked to share their views on the land use framework, as Defra secretary Steve Reed launches a 12-week consultation.

Police have apologised after dozens of 4X4s linked to hare coursing ripped through farmland and fields across the county.