Rural Life
'FaceTime a Farmer' founder becomes new East of England Farming Conference chair
Cambridgeshire farmer and founder of FaceTime a Farmer, Tom Martin, has been appointed the new East of England Farming Conference (EoEFC)...
Rural Life
Rural Life
Competition offers the chance to 'turn the school into a farm' for a day
The National Farmers’ Union (NFU) has launched its ‘Farmvention’ competition – a challenge which aims to bring together farming and...
Agri-Business
Microchips to be made mandatory for horses in a bid to combat dumping
A new law requiring horse owners to microchip their animals has been introduced today to prevent abuse and improve welfare....
Rural Life
'Dry, hot and sunny' weather forecast...but for how long?
As a second summer heatwave kicks in across the nation, many areas are seeing restricted grass growth due to a...
Agri-Business
Wales Woman Farmer of the Year: Just a few days left to enter
Just a few days are left to nominate Wales’ next woman farmer of the year. The competition, which is run...
Rural Life
Fancy an all-expenses-paid trip to OFC?...Here's your chance!
For the second year in a row, National Farmers’ Union Scotland members are being given the opportunity to win an...
Rural Life
Prince's Countryside Fund launches Scottish rural development group
The Prince’s Countryside Fund has announced it will launch a new Scottish rural development group today, at the first day...
N.Ireland
Tractor and trailer involved in collision with Tayto truck
A livestock trailer being towed by a tractor has been involved in a collision with a Tayto truck along a...
Rural Life
One Mazda, a Harper Adams engineering duo and the long road to the Mongolia
Two Harper Adams Agricultural Engineering students are setting off on an intrepid adventure travelling more than 15,000 miles across 22...
Dairy
Suspected water poisoning kills 55 cows on Leicestershire farm
A progressive Leicestershire farmer has said losing 55 cows in a suspected water poisoning incident at his farm was the...
Rural Life
Could you be one of NFU's new faces of British farming?
A group of enthusiastic young farmers, who are making a real difference within farming and have great stories to tell,...
Rural Life
Sisters dubbed 'farming heroes' after tragedy strikes on their Shetland farm
Two sisters who took on the running of their Shetland island family farm after their father passed away have been...
EU
Defra Secretary and Brexit Minister to attend Royal Highland Show
Four of the Government’s most senior politicians have confirmed they will attend the Royal Highland Show this week. The UK...
Agri Politics
Farmers’ Union of Wales AGM kicks off today in Aberystwyth
First Minister Carwyn Jones is among the speakers set to take to the stage this afternoon as the keynote speaker...
Rural Life
3 arrested following large-scale stawberry theft ‘worth thousands’ on UK farms
Three men have been arrested in connection with a large-scale theft of strawberries from fruit farms in the UK, in...
N.Ireland
2 rushed to hospital following underage tractor accident
Two teenagers were injured in an incident yesterday involving a tractor driven by an underage unlicenced driver in Northern Ireland....
N.Ireland
2 rushed to hospital following underage tractor accident
Two teenagers were injured in an incident yesterday involving a tractor driven by an underage unlicenced driver in Northern Ireland....
Dairy
Lifetime achievement award honours farmer who started with just five acres
A long-serving Holstein breeder who began dairying on just five and a half acres more than 60 years ago has been...
