Author Posts: Aleksandra Cupriak

A chance conversation with a fellow security doorman changed Peter Cullen’s life, leading to an unlikely career switch that has seen him become one of the most qualified cattle hoof trimmers in Cumbria.

Three men have been arrested after 30,000 tonnes of household and construction waste, piled 15 feet high, was discovered at the Hoads Wood Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in Ashford, Kent.

On Monday, 10th February, British farmers will take to the streets of London to protest against the government’s plans to cap vital inheritance tax reliefs. Here is what you should know ahead of the event.

Farmers have been encouraged to take part in a display of tractors and pre-loved farm toys outside the NFU annual conference later this month.

The food manufacturing industry, which contributes £162 billion to the economy and supports over 4.5 million jobs, has joined forces like never before to urge the Treasury to rethink changes to inheritance tax announced at the Budget.  

The B&B Tractors depot in Tideswell near Buxton has been broken into in the middle of the night by over a dozen people.

Defra said that over 66,000 homes, businesses and farmland in rural areas will be protected from the devastating impacts of flooding and climate change thanks to a £2.65 billion investment.

A Shropshire mother and daughter face losing their farming heritage unless supporters can raise £1.5 million to place their organic farm in community ownership.

The father of a three-year-old boy who died after being struck by a telehandler on a Tottington farm has been cleared of manslaughter.

The East Sussex-based farming and charcuterie business, Beal’s Farm, won a Defra research initiative to fund a feasibility study at farming and achieve net-zero results with its Mangalitsa pigs reared to produce British charcuterie products.

Dairy-Tech 2025, an event aimed at all dairy farmers, with a focus on new products and innovations in the industry and technical learning, has gathered about 300 exhibitors and thousands of visitors.

UK Ag Finance has shared a story about how the specialist helped a young farmer through a generational transfer with an agricultural loan.