The National Sheep Association (NSA) has challenged the Government’s focus on tree planting and peatland restoration as a means to mitigate climate change.
Police have urgently appealed to the public for more information after eighteen sheep were deliberately run over and killed in Warwickshire.
Loans given to UK farming businesses increased by 22 per cent to £572m during 2019, according to new figures released at the Agricultural Mortgage Corporation’s (AMC) annual agent conferences.
The Chancellor has placated industry fears as he confirmed tax relief on red diesel would be retained for the agricultural sector.Â
Beef from the UK could soon be heading to America after Government officials agreed the next step of an export deal worth about £66 million, over the first five years.
Despite the rise in vegan and vegetarian trends, turkey sales have continued to dominate the festive period.
Extreme weather and pressure on margins across the board has prompted new Tenant ²ÝÁñÉçÇø Association (TFA) chairman Mark Coulman to call for early rent abatements for tenant farmers.
The National Beef Association (NBA) has criticised claims a drastic reduction in red meat consumption will be vital to reaching the UK’s net zero target before 2050.
Seventy-five square metres of farmland set alight after a pig swallowed a pedometer, which then combusted in its pen after excretion.