Rural News

The founders behind Pick-Ups for Peace originally set out to provide 100 vehicles, but it has become clear that limitless numbers are needed and – thanks to huge generosity of the British farming community and, increasingly other sectors – the group are confident enough that they can double that target to 200.

Launched today (12th April), the new Land, Nature, and Adapted Systems (LNAS) Advisory Group will inform Defra on definitions of economic activities that can be considered environmentally sustainable to enhance the UK’s resilience and deliver climate and nature goals.

Rural communities across England are set to benefit from £110 million funding under the Rural England Prosperity Fund, aimed at supporting local businesses and community organisations, creating jobs and boosting productivity and prosperity in the countryside, the government announced on 7th April.

Over 2,600 lots, including more than 250 rare vintage and classic tractors, will go under the hammer at the Cheffins Vintage Sale, the largest vintage auction event in Europe, on Friday 21st and Saturday 22nd April.

Young people from around the UK travelled to Writtle University College in Essex this month for a weekend of lambs, piglets, tractors and more.

Farmers in England could miss out on much-needed revenue from agritourism this year due to the UK’s planning system failing to deliver decisions on time, according to outdoor accommodation specialist Pitchup.com.

As part of A-Plan Insurance’s Rural Community blog they spoke to Milly Fyfe about her journey across multiple areas of British agriculture.

Charles Thompson, who tenant farms 450 acres of arable land near Hitchin, spoke to Farmers Guide about his recent trips to deliver pickup trucks and supplies to the front line in Ukraine, and his mission to find more vehicles to help the war effort.

Farmers in Suffolk are being urged to maintain vigilance following a string of GPS farm equipment thefts in Eye, Bedingfield and Friston within the last week.

British farmers are critical to the UK food supply chain and protecting the nation’s valuable and vulnerable environments. Technology can play a key part in that, making it the focus of the South West’s freshest agri-tech event.

The government revealed additional funding will go towards helping farmers better manage slurry storage and store and use water more efficiently as part of the new Plan for Water announced yesterday (4th April).

At a conference hosted by Scrutton Bland earlier this year, Kerriann McLackland from the Environment Bank talked about the various ways farmers can capitalise on creating and selling biodiversity net gain (BNG) units to developers, while still receiving income from BPS and environmental schemes.