Top stories

The deadline is looming for BBC Three’s new series The Fast and the Farmer(ish), which will put contestants through a series of tractor-driving challenges.

A nine-week-old, untrained sheepdog has sold for £7,600 at Skipton Auction Mart, beating the previously held record of £6,100.

Total Income from Farming (TIFF) in 2020 was down by £768 million compared to 2019, despite a 3.4 per cent increase in the value of livestock output.

Ednyfed Jones farms 1,500 acres of hill land in the Cambrian mountains near Tregaron, mid-Wales. His ATV is a vital tool to manage his flock of 1,700 Welsh Mountain breeding ewes and in 2020 he chose to invest in a new Yamaha Grizzly 700 to help with the work.

Badger vaccination, increased cattle testing and acceleration of a bTB cattle vaccine will form the next part of the government’s bTB eradication strategy, as badger culling is set to be phased out.

For the first time in history, a judge has held a corporation liable for its dangerous contribution to climate change.

Farming has long been one of the most dangerous industries to work in, with serious accidents and fatalities far more likely than in other sectors. The latest incident occurred on the 12th May, and is currently under investigation.

The Arla Foods on-account price for organic and conventional milk will increase by 0.5 euro cents/kilo from June 2021.

The Scott brothers, Charlie, Michael and Andrew, have a strong passion for continuing their family’s arable farm but they soon realised they needed to diversify to strengthen the business. This led to their latest venture – poultry

Animal rights activists blockaded all four UK distribution centres, demanding the fast-food giant go 100 per cent plant-based by 2025.

The Prince of Wales has stressed the importance of Britain’s smaller family farms, and called for renewed attempts to create a co-operative to help secure a viable future for farmers – as agriculture faces a period of significant change.

As glamping becomes a highly competitive market, farmers who are diversifying their land to include such ventures now need to find ways to stand out from the growing crowd.