Author Posts: Aleksandra Cupriak

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. 

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.