Rural News

The UK’s very best farm retailers have been revealed at the Farm Retail Awards. 

Royal Three Counties Show, which is set to take place at the Three Counties Showground in Malvern this June, will host a number of special guests and leading voices from the farming and food industries, including Kaleb Cooper, Adam Henson and Matt Tebbutt. 

A working scale model of a diecast Chad Valley Fordson Major tractor with a clockwork mechanism was one of the highlights of the CCM Skipton’s March sale of Border Fine Arts, Beswick ornaments, toys and collectables. 

The Nature Friendly Farming Network (NFFN) is calling on the government to introduce an interim scheme to assist farmers who are not currently enrolled in the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI).

Jeremy Clarkson’s brewery, Hawkstone, has announced that it is giving away 1,000 kegs of its premium lager or cider to support pubs across the country.

Members of a Cheshire farming family who were finalists for a national award in 2024 have become the latest guests to be featured in a popular new podcast series. 

The Fields to Fork Festival, which aims at celebrating country life and good food, is due to take over Whitebottom Farm in Manchester at the beginning of May. The organisers said that as the event is also backing British farmers, agricultural workers will be able to get discounted tickets. 

Waitrose has announced the launch of a £500,000 fund that aims at supporting British farmers in their transition to net zero emissions. 

The campaign to safeguard the future of a Shropshire organic farm by expanding it as a community hub has topped the £51,000 mark with the support of well-wishers and community shareholders from across the country.

The South Suffolk Show will take place at Ampton point-to-point racecourse, near Bury St Edmunds on Sunday 11th May.

Defra’s transparency and its ability to deliver the agricultural transition have been questioned following the announcement that the department has stopped accepting new SFI applications.

Lord Robert Newborough, driving force behind the 12,500-acre Rhug Estate near Corwen in Denbighshire, was selected for his “exceptional leadership and innovative contributions” to sustainable agriculture and food production.