Rural News

The government has just confirmed that farmers impacted by severe wet weather will soon receive payments from the £60 million Farming Recovery Fund. 

Time and place for the independent farmers’ rally that is going to take place in London on 19th November have been confirmed. 

Rumenco has turned its signature feed bucket pink, in support of the Pink Ribbon Foundation. Sarah Kidby reports.

The Caerphilly County Borough Council is the first in Wales to fully implement a new menu for primary schools that will feature food produced by local small businesses and independent producers. 

A tractor with trailer full of hay has overturned on a busy road in Essex. 

More than 91,000 trees will be planted on a farmland following the National Trust’s plans to create a “green haven” in Merseyside. 

Presumably the biggest solar farm in the UK could soon be built near the village of Gissing in Norfolk. 

Jeremy Clarkson will join other farmers at the rally in London on 19th November to protest against changes to the inheritance tax.

Farmers who fell victim to agricultural crime from across the UK are being asked about their experiences for new research that aims to demonstrate the extent of the issue to policymakers. 

An Aberdeenshire-based ice cream producer, Mackie’s of Scotland, is celebrating its most successful year, hitting the renewable energy record. 

The Scottish agricultural industry has joined forces for RSABI’s first Christmas online auction that brings together an array of gifts from local manufacturers.  

Jeremy Clarkson has shared his dissatisfaction with NFU’s plea for farmers not to go to London on 19th November, as he was planning to attend the farmers’ demonstration.