The SNP has been slammed for planning ‘swingeing cuts’ to the rural affairs budget.

Farmers optimism about the future of their businesses has taken a nosedive this year, as stratospheric input costs hit bottom lines.

Farmers’ optimism about the future of their businesses has taken a nosedive this year, as ‘stratospheric’ input costs hit bottom lines.

Welsh Rural Affairs Minister Lesley Griffiths has said the Government’s new Tenancy Working Group could look at putting together a strategy for county farms.

The Countryside Alliance has hit out at animal rights protesters who interrupted the Jubilee celebrations last weekend.

The Countryside Alliance has hit out at animal rights protesters who interrupted the Jubilee celebrations last weekend.

Oxfordshire County Council has not been able to verify the provenance of plant-based food served at its lunches, despite moving away from meat and dairy for environmental reasons.

A myth has developed in recent years that British people do not want to work in the meat processing sector, but is it true? Abi Kay reports.

Welsh Rural Affairs Minister Lesley Griffiths has said she is open to looking at technological advances which could eliminate the need for closed slurry spreading periods.