Author Posts: Aleksandra Cupriak

Security on farms is an essential part of modern agricultural operations, ensuring the protection of valuable assets, livestock, crops from theft, vandalism and other potential threats, said manufacturer Gatemaster. 

Jeremy Clarkson’s Hawkstone brewery has been named one of the fastest-growing businesses in the UK. 

Bettws Hall Farm has raised £1,000 through its farm tours in April, which showcased 400 single suckle cows, along with its breeding stock of cattle and 800 NZ highlander ewes. 

A family-run farm in North Yorkshire has launched its latest business project, vending machines that offer milk and dairy products to local customers. 

James Peck of P.X. Farms, Cambridgeshire, is one of the first UK farmers to start harvesting oilseed rape.

Hampshire Police are urging farmers to be extra vigilant for hare coursing activity following a recent incident that saw a farmer being threatened with a catapult. 

Defra staff said they are “able to and prepared to” strike for fair working conditions. 

After a spell of warm weather, farmers are reminded that waiting to treat flystrike rather than preventing it can result in up to 16% of lambs struck, with some flocks experiencing mortality rates of 7.5% among struck animals. 

After more than a decade of campaigning by the NFU and other UK farming unions and calling out unfair practices in the dairy supply chain, new legislation on dairy contracts has come into force. 

Despite the ups and downs of the recent weather, the summer harvest season is finally upon us, with British farmers and agricultural contractors set to reap the rewards of their hard work. But are machines harvest-ready?

Defra has just revealed data that shows the disastrous impact of the wettest 18 months on record on UK vegetable and fruit production. 

126 sheep have been stolen from a farmland in Nottinghamshire.