Rural News

Defra’s ‘expanded and improved’ SFI is available to farmers from July 2024. Sarah Kidby explores the new offering in more depth.

Drivers have been warned that a “large amount of tractors” will appear on Cambridgeshire roads this weekend due to a memorial event. 

Fram Farmers teamed up with Ernest Doe Power in May to showcase an extensive line-up from the Case IH tractor range, offering the opportunity for visitors to give them a spin around an ex-USAF airfield in Suffolk. Machinery editor Neale Byart reports.

A food alert has been put in place for businesses that have purchased products from Block and Cleaver in Kent. 

A dairy farming duo from the Isle of Man, David and Rob Cooil, scooped a major international award for their “outstanding commitment” to conservation within a commercial business. 

The 202nd edition of the Royal Highland Show marked a record-breaking year, with more than 220,000 people attending the event over four days. 

The annual Cobb Europe Charity Clay Shoot brought together poultry professionals and raised over £13,000 for the Stroke Association.

The Tesla and X owner has been seen drinking a Hawkstone beer, made with barley grown on Jeremy Clarkson’s farm – but he’s not usually a beer fan.

Pupils from St Martins C of E Primary School celebrated their win by enjoying a day out on farm.

NFU Cymru has brought a taste of Welsh farming to the city, pushing its Secure the Future of Welsh Food campaign.

Two industry stalwarts have been named in the King’s Birthday Honours List for their services to farming.

Tim Daw, who farms near Stonehenge, said he is concerned about the damage to the rare lichen on the stones, following the Just Stop Oil attack.