Defra has cut around 15% of its workforce in the past year, with further reductions planned as MPs warn the department risks losing vital expertise.
Police have recovered stolen vehicles and agricultural machinery worth more than £850,000 after uncovering a suspected rural “chop shop” in Essex.
Farmers are being targeted by scammers posing as road workers who offer cheap pothole repairs before demanding up to £12,000 ...
A major farm safety campaign is giving away more than 100 free quad bike helmets to farmers and crofters across Scotland.
Farm leaders are urging the government to back key amendments to the Finance Bill, warning that failure to act could harm tenant farmers across the UK.
Food energy production — the total calories produced from farmland for consumption — could fall by up to 45% if agroforestry were widely adopted across the UK.
Food and farming businesses are being urged to prepare for a new UK-EU trade deal designed to reduce trade barriers and support exports of British produce ...
Britain’s sheep sector is under mounting pressure as breeding ewe numbers fall to the lowest level in living memory, raising fresh questions.
Labour is trailing in fourth place in rural Wales ahead of the next Senedd election, new polling suggests. The survey, ...
Sugar beet growers face significant Virus Yellows pressure this season, with a new forecast warning that more than half of the UK crop could be affected.
EU lawmakers have agreed to ban a range of meat-related names on vegetarian and vegan products in a move aimed at protecting livestock farmers.
African swine fever (ASF) continues to spread across Europe, with nearly 2,000 new cases reported in just two months, raising ...