Author Posts: Aleksandra Cupriak

At the beginning of February, a flock of sheep from Langford Farm, near Tavistock, in Devon were chased over three fields by out-of-control dogs. 45 animals were killed.

At the beginning of this week (19th February), a ship from Brazil anchored in the port of Cape Town, with 19,000 distressed cattle aboard. The animals have been kept in appalling conditions for weeks. 

Avian influenza has been confirmed on a Yorkshire free-range farm consisting of 48,000 birds. It is the UK’s first case in months. 

The future of British food and environmental challenges on farms were among topics raised during the annual NFU Conference 2024.

As the 2024 NFU conference aims to explore the topic: ‘British Food: What plan for the future?’, NFU president Minette Batters opened the event with a call for politicians to commit to providing food security. 

A farm that grows potatoes for Walkers Crisps has announced its plans to build a reservoir to help combat the effects of climate change.

£100,000-worth of stolen property has been recovered in just five months by a new police team in Cumbria.

Tea drinkers have been warned of ‘supply issues’ affecting supermarket stock across the country.

Celebrity and farmer Jeremy Clarkson criticised farming policies proposed by the Welsh Government, calling the plans ‘completely daft’.

Dover farmers staged a tractor protest at a supermarket to show their disapproval of cheap foreign food imports.

A Staffordshire farmer has to pay over £4,000 for burning and burying waste on his land in Whittington.

Scientists have grown beef cells inside grains of rice with the aim of creating cheaper and more eco-friendly food.