Prime Video Confirms Clarkson’s Farm Series 2 Launch Date
8th December 2022
The second series of UK Original Clarkson’s Farm will launch on 10th February 2023 and will be available exclusively on Prime Video.
Thousands of rural businesses receive payments from the Rural Payments Agency
8th December 2022
The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) has confirmed that 95.3% of farmers have already received full payments in the first few days of the payment window – meaning £872m has been released into the rural economy following on from earlier payments in July and August.
Urgent action needed to secure home-grown food supply to avoid shortages
7th December 2022
Government faces a stark choice: back British food production in order to secure a home-grown supply of sustainable food or risk seeing more empty shelves in the nation’s supermarkets, the NFU warned today.
Crop plots growing strongly at the new Cereals Event site
7th December 2022
Exhibitors gathered at the new Cereals Event site last week to examine their crop plots and discuss plans for the event. Despite torrential rain, the new location, at Thoresby Hall, Newark, looked a picture, with the 60ha site protected by trees on the edge of Sherwood Forest.
Farming charity’s Christmas appeal doubled due to demand
6th December 2022
The Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution (RABI), the farming charity for England and Wales, has launched its Christmas Appeal to support farming people over the festive period, when many are having to severely cut back on their spending.
NFU Mutual urges farmers to prepare for winter storms
6th December 2022
Leading rural insurer NFU Mutual is urging farmers to act now to protect their farms from the devastating impact of storms as winter approaches.
Nearly 90% of farms and estates report “extremely limited” staff availability, survey shows
6th December 2022
With annual inflation now in double figures, salaries are being driven by not only a shortage of good staff, but also the cost -of-living crisis, according to Knight Frank’s biennial Estate Staff Salaries Survey.
Ten essential rules for countryside etiquette
2nd December 2022
With the countryside being a popular destination for recreational activities, both visitors and landowners have a responsibility to ensure rural areas are safe to enjoy for all.
School wins National Competition in Food, Farming & Natural Environment
1st December 2022
A team of students from Pipers Corner School in High Wycombe have been crowned winners of LEAF Education’s National Competition in Food, Farming and Natural Environment 2022. This year’s finalists’ weekend, run by LEAF Education, in partnership with Bayer and Coleg Cambria, was held at Coleg Cambria in Llysfasi, North Wales, over the weekend of 21-23 October.
Suffolk’s future farmers urged to stay safe around electricity
1st December 2022
Suffolk’s next generation of farmers have received potentially life-saving advice on staying safe around electricity through visit from UK Power Networks.
Former MI5 Director General says home grown food production is integral to national security at NFU Lecture
29th November 2022
Former Director General of MI5, The Baroness Manningham-Buller LG DCB said home grown food production is integral to our national security, at the NFU’s 2022 Henry Plumb Memorial Lecture.
Farmers encouraged to prioritise their health as industry described as having “a bad safety record”
29th November 2022
Farmers were encouraged to look after their health and safety at the Midlands Machinery Show, with a demonstration of what to do if they are involved in or come across a farm accident.