Rural News

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.

Now in its 33rd year, Tillage-Live will return to Yorkshire in 2024, hosted at Headley Hall near Tadcaster on 18th September.

The UK’s largest woodland, forestry, fencing, arboriculture, trees and timber show (APF 2024) is expected to pull in 300 exhibitors and 25,000 visitors.

Farming communities have called for “balanced and evidence-based” discussion following backlash on a bovine TB documentary presented by Sir Brian May. 

Around 40 sheep were stolen from a farm in the South East, leaving the farmer “heartbroken”. 

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

Harvest is on hold at the farm after organised criminals broke into a locked grain shed to steal the loader, bypassing security measures.

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

The star of Clarkson’s Farm, Jeremy Clarkson, has just announced the name of his newly-purchased pub that will open this weekend.

Former military armed forces and NHS paramedic Andrew Gibson from Chipping Sodbury near Bristol embarks on a 500-mile tractor road trip following his stage 4 prostate cancer diagnosis. 

Tech tycoon Mike Lynch is said to have spent time recuperating on his Suffolk mixed farm, before going missing on a trip to Sicily.

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.