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Amid the World Egg Day 2024, Morrisons announced the introduction of a white egg pack to its Chuckle Eggs range. The range is part of its wider ‘For Farmers’ initiative, where 6p is given back to farmers per half-dozen box of eggs. 

The National Association of Agricultural Contractors (NAAC) is asking contractors and farmers why they would not wear an ATV helmet. In a follow-up to the #WearItandShareIt campaign when the NAAC invited social media users to photos of themselves wearing a helmet, this new campaign emphasises there really are no excuses. 

Aldi has announced plans to invest over £30m in dairy farmers over the next three and a half years through an enhanced partnership with Arla. 

Officers from Cumbria’s dedicated rural crime team have recovered stolen property worth £820,000, cut quad bike thefts and made dozens of arrests in one year since the squad was launched.

“The farming and growing businesses that produce food need long-term certainty so they can plan and invest for the future,” said the NFU president while calling on the government to deliver an increased agriculture budget. 

Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service shared a shocking photo of a burnt-out tractor and its trailer following an incident last weekend. 

BarleyGroupCloud and Hikvision have joined forces to create a solution for securing remote areas with solar-powered security systems. 

Scottish Borders police are appealing for information after 70 hay bales were set alight at a farm in Berwickshire. 

The Countryside Alliance has responded to the government’s proposed reforms to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), highlighting its key concerns and advocating for a ‘rooftop-first’ approach to solar installations on farmland.

Defra has just announced that UK farmers and traders will once again be able to export poultry to South Africa, bringing up to £160 million to industry over the next five years.

Fans of Clarkson’s Farm will be happy to learn that beers from Jeremy Clarkson’s brewery are now available at SPAR stores across the North of England. 

A Welsh farmer died after an overfilled animal feed bin toppled over on him and his son, an inquest has found.