Author Posts: Aleksandra Cupriak

Richard Walker, the managing director of Iceland and Labour Party supporter, has spoken out against Rachel Reeves’s inheritance tax raid on farmers, breaking with the party after previously supporting its Budget.

Over 100 tractors are taking part in the farmers’ rally on the A14 in Suffolk today.

Two years since gaining full approval for malt distilling use, the high-yielding spring malting barley Firefoxx, bred by Elsoms-Ackermann Barley, has been continuing its upward trajectory with recent commercial interest from maltster Muntons PLC.

Three UK pig marketing groups have just announced a merger with the intent to give independent farmers more clout in the marketplace.

“We have to focus on policy, not politics,” said the NFU president Tom Bradshaw during the meeting with farmers from across East Anglia which took place earlier today. 

Over £2 million have been invested in scientific research to help prevent food shortages that could potentially trigger civil unrest in the UK.

Branston, potato supplier and one of the sponsors of the primary school-based farm-to-fork initiative, is once again encouraging schools to sign up for the Grow Your Own Potatoes programme.

Farmers have been warned that a little-known deadly gas emitted by slurry, even in open spaces, is responsible for fatalities in farming every year.

British farmers will again show a united front against governmental policies during a Westminster rally that is set to take place in February.

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary is warning farmers about a farm machinery scam that is affecting victims across the UK.

Arable experts have highlighted the urgent need for research and development of sustainable crop protection methods for sugar beet following the news that the emergency application for the use of Cruiser SB on sugar beet seed in England will not be granted.

British dairy farmers have significantly reduced the number of pure-bred dairy bull calves being born on their farms, according to a report outlining the progress of the GB Dairy Calf Strategy.