Author Posts: Aleksandra Cupriak

Hundreds of thousands of rural homes and businesses will receive major internet speed upgrade as part of an £800 million fund launched by the new government. 

Farmer and celebrity Jeremy Clarkson, who recently purchased a pub in Cotswolds and has been renovating it for the last few weeks, has just announced when the venue will open for the guests. 

Analysis of over 800 of this year’s first cut silage samples shows a huge difference in the quality of silages harvested early (March, April and May) and those harvested later (June onwards), said feed supplier ForFarmers. 

Telecommunications operators have been told they must increase the rent they pay landowners for rural mast agreements by more than 130%. 

The National Sheep Association (NSA) is urgently calling for decisive government action to address the alarming rise in illegal sheep meat imports. The association said that the current situation poses significant threats to both the UK’s agricultural sector and public health. 

Police in Northern Ireland have launched an investigation into the death of a farmer and “much loved father of three” who died in a farm accident, following two other farm deaths over the past month. 

A radical animal rights group, Animal Rising, has been fined nearly £60,000 after causing around £100,000 worth of damage at an Arla dairy distribution centre in Hertfordshire. 

An East Yorkshire farmer died after his Range Rover rolled back on him, an inquest concluded. 

Researchers are asking for farmers’ help with a pioneering study into the numbers and behaviour of ‘farm cats’. 

The NFU Mutual Charitable Trust has announced its first round of donations for 2024, totalling more than £500,000 and supporting 11 rural causes across the UK. 

With the UK’s oilseed rape plantings potentially set to be the smallest for forty years, managing director of plant breeder NPZ UK, Chris Guest, joins in calls for a reboot for the crop for the benefit of UK growers and the country’s food security. 

Machinery dealer Malpas Tractors announced the death of its managing director, Paul Reeves.