Rural News

Failed pumpkin crops prompted a farm located near Manchester to invite its visitors for apple picking instead.

Over 50 rural MPs are urging the government to confirm funding for rural Gigabit speed internet ahead of the Budget, amid reports of the money being redirected from the countryside.  

Ahead of the publication of his new book and upcoming solo special on Prime, Kaleb Cooper spoke to Farmers Guide about the weather, SFI, the future of farming and the importance of a good chat.

An inspirational Perthshire farming family is successfully combining careers as on-call firefighters with life on a livestock farm near Killin. 

A major road on Suffolk and Norfolk border has been blocked following a tractor crash at a roundabout. 

The owners of a Carmarthen farm have been prosecuted for animal welfare law violations and banned from keeping animals. 

A Lancashire farmer hogtied two men whom he accuses of trespassing on his land and drove them to a police station on his quad bike.

A farmer in Cambridgeshire has helped rescue a member of the public whose vehicle was stranded near a water-filled ditch.

Hampshire and Isle of Wight police and crime commissioner Donna Jones has reiterated her promise to clamp down on organised crime gangs operating across rural communities in Hampshire and on the Isle of Wight. 

Clarkson’s latest book is a witty and at times hard-hitting defence of British farming, that cements his transition from trainee to fully-fledged farmer.

A group of UK farmers have launched a fundraising campaign to buy shearing equipment for Balkan farmers who are struggling to shear their sheep, which is leading to animal welfare concerns.

The Ulster Farming Union has said it accepts the need for a new road, but insisted that farmers along the route must be treated fairly.