Rural News

“Farmland should be farmland,” said the majority of the Newark residents, while others agreed with plans for one of Britain’s biggest solar farms to be built in East Midlands. 

Family-run machinery dealership Vincent Tractors has announced the death of co-founder Esme Vincent. 

Agricultural cooperative Dachie Livestock is asking people for information in regards to an incident in which a sheep was killed with “either a crossbow/bow and arrow or similar weapon”. 

Hundreds of thousands of rural homes and businesses will receive major internet speed upgrade as part of an £800 million fund launched by the new government. 

Farmer and celebrity Jeremy Clarkson, who recently purchased a pub in Cotswolds and has been renovating it for the last few weeks, has just announced when the venue will open for the guests. 

Telecommunications operators have been told they must increase the rent they pay landowners for rural mast agreements by more than 130%. 

Police in Northern Ireland have launched an investigation into the death of a farmer and “much loved father of three” who died in a farm accident, following two other farm deaths over the past month. 

A radical animal rights group, Animal Rising, has been fined nearly £60,000 after causing around £100,000 worth of damage at an Arla dairy distribution centre in Hertfordshire. 

An East Yorkshire farmer died after his Range Rover rolled back on him, an inquest concluded. 

Researchers are asking for farmers’ help with a pioneering study into the numbers and behaviour of ‘farm cats’. 

The NFU Mutual Charitable Trust has announced its first round of donations for 2024, totalling more than £500,000 and supporting 11 rural causes across the UK. 

While fans of Clarkson’s Farm cannot wait for the season four to be released, Jeremy Clarkson has been facing some difficulties while filming new episodes of the beloved show.