Diversification News

Autumn is an ideal time to ensure your woodland is in the best health for the colder winter months.

The Farming Community Network (FCN) has launched a new resilience checklist to help farmers and farm businesses review some of the common components of business and personal resilience, helping them to identify strengths and highlight areas where additional information or support may be beneficial. 

For those concerned the staycation has had its day, new figures suggest searches for holidays on farm locations is up 266%.

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

Ice cream has taken a large scoop out of the UK dairy retail market, with spend on ice cream growing by 6.9% in the last year, AHDB said. 

In the picturesque yet challenging rural landscapes of the Scottish Borders, agricultural businesses have to navigate a complex financial terrain, intensified by the agricultural transition, rising operational costs and an unpredictable political climate, said rural lender expert, UK Agricultural Finance. 

F&S Energy specialises in providing PPAs to the agricultural sector, aiming to provide a route to market for smaller independent energy producers.

Many UK family farms are achieving dreams for their businesses that previously seemed impossible, according to Rural Asset Finance experts. 

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

Landowners Phil and Chelsea had been looking for the perfect woodland to buy – but the MOREwoods scheme by the Woodland Trust enabled them to plant their own instead.

If you’re thinking about retiring, but the kids aren’t ready to take over, Amberside Energy says you can ‘skip a generation’ and achieve long-term revenue with a solar farm.

From today (21st May), changes to planning rules make it easier to convert unused farm buildings into new homes, farm shops and gyms, Defra has announced.