Author Posts: Sarah Kidby

A pair of “calculated criminals” has been jailed after stealing more than £200,000 worth of farming equipment from across Yorkshire.

Allowing tariff-free access to sugar from any country would undercut the UK’s sugar beet sector, NFU warns.

The NFU has appointed consultants Campbell Tickell to complete the independent review into Red Tractor’s governance.

Farmers urged to be vigilant as further cases identified through additional surveillance.

A recent Defra webinar on funding for grassland and livestock saw farmers question the funding available for low input grassland, species rich grassland and good quality semi-improved grassland options under the SFI.

Negotiations between British Sugar and NFU Sugar will now recommence after reaching an impasse earlier this month.

Farmers in and around the Temporary Control Zone (TCZ), can now access and call a dedicated bluetongue hotline to get advice or ask questions linked to the current situation.

The first specific vaccine for protecting cattle against respiratory coronavirus will soon be available to UK farmers, and follows recent research suggesting BCoV plays a bigger role in BRD than previously accepted. Sarah Kidby reports.

The government has announced a Call for Evidence to address issues facing tenant farmers, and improve relationships between landlords and tenants.

After the first case of the new emerging bluetongue strain (BTV-3) was confirmed in England, a temporary control zone (TCZ) has been implemented. The Ruminant Health & Welfare group has put together some guidance.

Joyce Watson, Mid & West Wales MS, has been fiercely criticised for suggesting farms with perpetual TB status should “find another business”.

The MP for north east Cambridgeshire has become the fifth environment secretary in four years, as Thérèse Coffey quits in Cabinet reshuffle.