Rural News

Two British farmers will be trying to break the world’s record in sheep shearing this summer. 

Giant smiles and other funny faces are going to appear in fields as a part of a competition for farmers organised by Carr’s Billington Agriculture to support WellChild, the national charity for seriously ill children. 

Three baby pygmy goats that were stolen from an East Sussex farm have been found. 

A family-run farm from the Ceredigion area of Wales has been found guilty of an environmental crime after the catastrophic collapse of their slurry store polluted local waterways. The farm owners were ordered to pay over £13,000 in fines. 

A Northamptonshire woman has painted her tractor pink to raise money and awareness of a disease that affected her grandparents. 

The latest Farmland Index launched by global property consultancy Knight Frank has revealed that, despite pre-election uncertainty, the average value of bare agricultural land in England and Wales has reached a new record high of £9,335 per acre in the second quarter of 2024.  

A Clarkson’s Farm star, Kaleb Cooper, has just announced the title of his latest book, which will be released later this year. 

A radical animal rights group, Animal Rising, now says it has no plans for a ‘mass open rescue’ from RSPCA Assured farms this summer.

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.

Three baby pygmy goats have been stolen from a farm located in East Sussex, leaving a six-year-old girl “heartbroken”. 

Farmers have expressed concern over the potential purchase of a dairy farm for a rewilding project by Dorset Council.

Jeremy Clarkson has just announced his latest purchase, The Windmill pub in Burford, Oxfordshire.