Author Posts: Aleksandra Cupriak

NFU Cymru said that the Welsh Government’s announcement of interim schemes for 2025 is a “logical step forward” to ensure support for the farming industry and environmental delivery until new replacement schemes are operational. 

Firefighters have tackled a large blaze involving 15 tonnes of straw, a lorry and trailers on the Essex-Suffolk border. 

Farmers from around the UK and Ireland have been making a start on harvest 2024. Here are some insights from Farmers Guide readers. 

An agricultural expert has warned farmers that they could face costly claims, fines and prosecutions if temporary workers employed during the busy harvesting season are inadequately trained and insured. 

Weston College has joined forces with Noah’s Ark Zoo Farm amid its 25th anniversary celebrations to restore a vintage tractor loved by members and visitors of Noah’s Ark.  

The Environment Agency (EA) is urging farmers to start their preparations now for winter slurry storage, and to contact the EA if they have any concerns.  

The last 12 months were full of unprecedented challenges for the dairy sector, the latest Kingshay Dairy Costings Focus Report revealed. 

A 25-year-old Welsh farmer has set a new British record after successfully shearing 791 sheep across nine hours. 

The Welsh first minister, Vaughan Gething, has resigned just four months after being elected to the job. 

Controversial plans for a huge solar farm to be built on the Cambridgeshire-Suffolk border have just been approved by the new secretary of state for energy. 

A sudden increase in temperatures and continued localised rain mean farmers must be vigilant for fly issues in sheep and take steps to prevent significant production losses from occurring, Zoetis experts warn. 

A poultry farmer from Somerset has been ordered to pay over £50,000 for falsifying salmonella testing certificates for chickens and eggs before they went into the food chain.