Rural News

A Christmas tractor run will go ahead despite “considerable number” of farmers deciding not to take part following changes to inheritance tax that were announced at the Autumn Budget.

North Yorkshire Police have asked people to help identify two men following a farm shop theft in Richmondshire. 

Jeremy Clarkson has just confirmed that season five of Clarkson’s Farm is officially in production, while fans of the farming show are waiting for season four to come out. 

A Cocker Spaniel called Daisy has been reunited with her owners eight years after she was stolen from home in Mole Valley, Surrey. 

The farming community has paid tribute to Staffordshire farmer and NFU dairy board member David Brookes, who died aged 65. 

Farmers have been reminded to be vigilant of gundog theft as we entered the Gundog Theft Awareness Week. 

A substantial number of livestock has been killed and two barns with equipment were destroyed in a blaze, leaving a Guisborough farm owner “devastated”. 

An estimated £4 million worth of stolen vehicles and equipment have been recovered by the Warwickshire Police Rural Crime Team since the squad was launched five years ago. 

Well-known farmer-comedian Jim Smith and popular local musicians, Peter Morrison and Seamus MacLennan, will take to the stage on Skye this December for an unforgettable night of music and laughter. 

Plans to build a solar farm as big as 144 football pitches on top-quality farmland in Lincolnshire have met with mixed responses from local residents. 

19 sheep from a Cheshire farm were killed and others have been injured following two livestock worrying incidents. One of the dogs involved in the attack was killed by a farmer. 

A 63-year-old man has been arrested after over 950 wheels of cheddar, worth £300,000, have been stolen from a London-based artisanal cheese maker.