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Tributes have been paid to a six-year-old boy, Joe Hegarty, who was killed in a quad bike accident on a farm in Northern Ireland.

The weather upset many cropping plans in 2023/24, with growers understandably keen to get back on track this autumn. However, as farm support shifts further towards crop-specific measures within the SFI, now is an ideal time to review rotation planning, Hutchinsons experts advise.

Farmers have been warned to prepare their farms as Storm Lillian is expected to bring dangerous winds to parts of the United Kingdom. 

Origin Fertilisers and the Port of Tyne have announced a £7.5 million combined investment in a new fertiliser facility. 

Plans for an £8.5 million solar farm to be built in New Forest have been approved despite objections from the residents. 

11 fire engines were called to a huge barn fire on a farm in Shirland, Derbyshire. 

Aldi has just announced that the retailer will invest £3 billion with British beef suppliers over the next five years. 

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

Firefighters are reminding the public to take steps to prevent rural fires this summer, as a new report highlights the growing threat of hot dry summers.

“Farmland should be farmland,” said the majority of the Newark residents, while others agreed with plans for one of Britain’s biggest solar farms to be built in East Midlands. 

Hundreds of thousands of rural homes and businesses will receive major internet speed upgrade as part of an £800 million fund launched by the new government. 

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