Rural News

NFU Mutual has offered some top tips on succession planning, after a recent survey revealed over half of farmers don’t yet have a succession plan in place.

Farming and crofting families who were seriously affected by recent flooding in Scotland are being encouraged to apply for support from RSABI’s new Flooding Fund.

The Farmers’ Union of Wales has chosen its winning photograph for the 2024 charity calendar, and what a beautiful choice it is.

A celebration of ‘100 Years of Row Crop Tractors’ is expected to attract a unique collection of exhibits at the Newark Vintage Tractor & Heritage Show this year, held on the 4th-5th November at the Newark Showground.

Petrol head turned farmer Jeremy Clarkson has announced the release of his third farming book, Diddly Squat: Pigs Might Fly.

Oxfordshire farmer Kaleb Cooper, 25, has had a busy few years since teaming up with Jeremy Clarkson and finding himself famous. Now, he has released his second book – which looks at British traditions such as cheese rolling and gravy wrestling. We caught up with Kaleb to find out more about the book, his upcoming tour, and his thoughts on the challenges facing farmers.

Slurry Wizard allows farmers to work out their slurry storage requirements and explore different scenarios to ensure they’re complying with regulations including SSAFO, Farming Rules for Water, Control of Agricultural Pollution (Wales) and NVZ.

Farmers have fiercely criticised the introduction of a voluntary environment module by Red Tractor, which is due to be available from next year.

If you’ve ever looked into trying to find new ways to get more people to visit your farm, you’d know that most ways to grow your business will often require an upfront investment of some kind. But there is a zero-cost way that you can market your farm to a large, new audience: by becoming a Brit Stops host.

A passion for home-breeding paid off for exhibitors at the Dairy Show, with several of the championship winners coming from long and beloved family bloodlines.

Farmers met with MSPs to discuss extensive damage caused by flooding over the past three days, which has left significant areas of farmland underwater.

A campaign calling for fairer treatment of farmers by supermarkets and their suppliers has gained significant traction – yet organisers say there has been no response from ‘the Big Six’ so far.