Author Posts: Sarah Kidby

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.

Having grown up in the city, working traditional 9-5 office jobs, Michelle and Robert Sullivan one day found themselves in limbo, and decided to take on an entirely different challenge – growing ‘veganic’ produce in rural Aberdeenshire. We spoke to them to find out more about their journey.

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.

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.

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.

Carmarthenshire farming business Davies Bros Danrheol wanted to raise money for Cancer Research Wales after the family’s personal experiences with cancer.

Asia and the Middle East have helped boost red meat exports from the UK in what has been an incredibly challenging start to the year, AHDB says.

The UK government is reportedly set to offer Australia a tariff-free, quota-free trade deal despite warnings that it could seriously harm British farmers, according to a report in the Financial Times.

Jeremy Clarkson’s new series, launching in June, is set to show the serious challenges of farming and the emotional consequences of failure, as it follows the Grand Tour star on the first year of his farming journey.

With rural crime on the rise, making sure your farm security is up to scratch has never been more important. 24 Networks and Security, which works with farmers nationwide to protect their property, offers some advice.

NFU Scotland president Martin Kennedy said the EU Commission’s door on negotiations with the UK appears “firmly and frustratingly closed”.