Rural News

Police appeal for information following a double case of lamb slaughter and theft in Shropshire – prompting farmers to reassess their livestock security. 

A notable 500-year-old Suffolk farming residence, Glemham Hall Estate, has been put on the market for £19 million. 

East Cambridgeshire farmers have been given Stop Me! stickers to help crack down on increasing agricultural thefts.

Farmers have been asked to protect their vehicles against increasingly regular fuel thefts in rural areas of Western England.

A Suffolk farmer with a passion for building agricultural equipment has taken on the challenge of constructing a bale grab to raise awareness of prostate cancer in the farming community. 

Three family members from a farm in Pembrokeshire have been sentenced for deliberately swapping cattle ear tags to keep animals with bovine tuberculosis (bTB) reactors on the farm.

A fly-tipping incident that recently happened on Jeremy Clarkson’s farm has triggered debate on how to tackle an issue that affects many farmers in the area.

Sainsbury’s has just added a ‘buy British’ section on its website to make it easier for customers to support local suppliers.

Genetically modified purple tomatoes, which were first developed by Norfolk scientists nearly 20 years ago, are now available to buy in the US.

Police have been urging farmers to secure their pick-up trucks as they are increasingly targeted by thieves – often for overseas export.

Alder Carr Farm Shop, in Creeting St Mary near Needham Market, has been named the best small farm shop of the year at the prestigious Farm Retail Association awards. 

Rural engagement officers from Essex have returned more than £80,000 of stolen machinery and equipment after a tip-off directing the authorities to a Nazeing industrial estate.