Rural News

RABI will discuss options for professional mental health support for farming people in tough times, at the Oxford Real Farming Conference (ORFC).

A new woodland restoration scheme has launched at the RSPB’s 1,200-acre nature reserve, Franchises Lodge, located in the north of the New Forest.  

UK Agricultural Finance says it is excited to announce that it has a new funder on board. With this new funding, the company now has access to £300M in funds ready to lend – and given the current economic situation, this could be just the boost your agricultural business needs.

As the cold weather gives way to warmer temperatures this week, farmers are being warned that frozen pipes thawing could cause thousands of pounds worth of damage.

A-Plan Rural have launched a Rural Community blog, allowing farmers across the UK to share their experiences of working in the industry.

A total budget of £238m will be available for direct payments to farmers in Wales in 2023, the same level provided over the past three years, the minister for rural affairs Lesley Griffiths confirmed today.

Five finalists have been announced for the 2022 NMR RABDF Gold Cup award, including two dairy businesses in Scotland and three from the south and southwest of England.

Natural capital is essential for farmers being able to adopt sustainable practices and do good for the environment, delegates were told at the Oxford Farming Conference Fringe event hosted by Trinity AgTech.

The National Sheep Association (NSA) continues to be frustrated in the lack of government commitment to UK agriculture and food security, along with the poor recognition that agriculture is the key to tackling climate change, and could, with the right incentives do far more.

A new Land Laboratory Teaching Centre, which will provide an integrated, state-of-art facility to train students in climate-smart, resilient agriculture and land management, is to be built at the Royal Agricultural University (RAU) after the university won £5.8m of funding from The Office for Students (OfS).

Three promising postgraduate agricultural students from across the UK have been selected to receive a ‘Centenary Award’ bursary from The NFU Mutual Charitable Trust to further their education within the sector.

A new £4.8M project funded by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) to increase biomass crops grown in the UK, will launch at the Low Carbon Agriculture Show at the NAEC, Stoneleigh, on 7th February 2023.