Rural News

Farming communities have responded to the report from the National Audit Office (NAO) on the Farming and Countryside Programme that has recently been published. 

The investigation continues into the death of a Lancashire farmer who suffered gunshot injuries. 

Adam Henson’s farmer wellbeing podcast, which launched last year, has been followed by the second series. 

A recent landmark conference saw industry experts give farmers advice on the routes into energy generation, storage, and transmission.

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

After the withdrawal of BPS, George Kershaw introduced British White cattle to his farm, as part of their Countryside Stewardship scheme.

APF 2024 will take place at Ragley Estate, Warwickshire, on 19th–21st September.

Family has paid tributes to a 65-year-old Welsh farmer who tragically died in a quadbike accident. 

William Purves Funeral Directors has revealed its custom-made Land Rover Defender hearse for families and funeral directors to hire.

The Health and Safety Executive has recently published its work-related fatality figures for 2023/24, which revealed that agriculture has the poorest safety record of any occupation in the country. 

Wales Farm Safety Partnership and Lantra Cymru have created a new e-learning course, ‘Children on Farms’, which guides farmers on how to keep children safe on farms during the upcoming summer holidays.  

A Wellington dairy farmer was given a suspended prison sentence and was ordered to pay £10,000 for allowing slurry to run into the Westford Stream.