Rural News

NFU Mutual, the Department for Transport and vulnerable road user groups have renewed calls for motorists to respect rural roads, as vulnerable road users are disproportionately affected by fatalities and casualties.

Farming charity RABI is reminding poultry farmers of the support services available following the introduction of Defra’s Avian Influenza Prevention Zone (AIPZ) across England.

The team behind the event will be launching two new Young Entrepreneurs competitions this year to celebrate the achievements of young Staffordshire farmers, offering a total prize pot of £4,000.

The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) has launched the latest round of the Countryside Stewardship Facilitation Fund, allocating a further £2.5 million to promote collaboration between farmers and landowners in England in order to enhance the local environment.

With the many issues farmers are currently facing, the NFU has asked MPs attending this year’s Back British Farming Day celebration to wear their wheatsheaf pin badge and show their support for British farming.

Upcoming regulatory changes could see a large amount of British meat exports heading to the EU become non-compliant overnight, which will have a detrimental effect on farmers, processors and the economy alike, the British Meat Processors Association (BMPA) has warned.

Prime Video has confirmed production on the third series has begun, as the second series is set to launch in early 2023.

Unrelenting cost pressures in the sector could mean that free range and organic egg producers will lose more than £300,000 per flock on average as losses rack up to nearly £10 per hen, independent consultants have said.

Yorkshire-based farming couple Liam and Becky McPartland have won the first-ever VetPartners Sheep Sustainability Award in recognition of their success in reducing the use of anthelmintic wormers in sheep by switching to a rotational grazing system.

New mystery shopper research carried out by the Aberdeen-Angus Cattle Society has revealed that British Aberdeen-Angus is the “beef of choice” across premium meat ranges in UK supermarkets.

An upcoming Channel 4 television series, with a working title of ‘Matt Baker’s Farm of a Lifetime’, is looking for applicants with experience in livestock farming who would like to showcase their skills on TV and ultimately take on the tenancy of Gallows Hill Farm in Northumberland.

The awarding organisation is supporting the Campaign for Responsible Rodenticide Use (CRRU) in its efforts to help safeguard the health of birds of prey.