Rural News

Andy Cato, musician and regenerative farming pioneer, has been awarded the Royal Agricultural University’s highest honour, honorary fellowship, during the institution’s 180th anniversary celebrations. 

Farming community from the Welsh Marches has been invited to take part in an event that will explore the future of food production. 

Now anyone can slip into Jeremy Clarkson’s pixelated wellies to face the perils and glory of harvesting barley for beer.

The Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier (CSHT) scheme has launched through a controlled rollout and is available for eligible farmers, foresters and land managers who have received pre-application advice and completed any necessary preparatory works.

Police are appealing for information following an arson attack at a farm in Loftus, North Yorkshire.

Seven men have been sentenced to a combined total of more than 25 years following several rural burglaries across Shropshire and the north of Wales.

A charity founded by King Charles III has launched a free course for the next generation of farmers who would like to get hands-on experience of working in agriculture.

Senior members of the farming community are being invited to join the ‘Plough On’ initiative, which offers a space to share thoughts, memories, and concerns about farming — and life beyond it.

The story of Cumbrian farmer, Andrew Jackson, who has lived with ME/CFS for over 13 years, has been captured and displayed in an evocative photography exhibition.

A Scottish MP has highlighted the sharp contrast in agricultural support policies between Scotland and the rest of the UK, after a Freedom of Information request revealed that thousands of farmers in England face an uncertain future because of a funding “cliff edge” imposed by the Labour government.

Police were called to reports of an incident at a farm in the Woodbridge area of east Suffolk.

The farming series Clarkson’s Farm was named the Best Factual Entertainment at the National Television Awards last night.