Defra Secretary George Eustice has said there is ‘no scientific justification whatsoever’ for the EU’s ban on UK seed potato exports.
UK and EU diplomats finally agreed a trade deal at the end of 2020, with negotiations going right to the wire. Abi Kay explores what it means for individual farming sectors.
Red Tractor is urging farmers to respond to a new consultation on future standards across all six of the scheme’s sectors.
With 2020 now drawing to a close, Abi Kay lists the key political dates farmers should keep an eye on in 2021.
Leave-voting farmers felt EU control over their business dealings threatened their very sense of self, a new study has found.
Livestock farmers are more likely than their arable counterparts to have voted leave in the EU referendum, a new study has found.
Farming Minister Victoria Prentis has said the UK Levelling Up Fund and the Shared Prosperity Fund (SPF) will take into account the specific needs of rural communities.
Natural Resources Wales (NRW) has found no direct link between poultry units and high phosphate levels in the River Wye.
The National Trust has launched a dedicated channel to allow tenants to report any repairs or maintenance issues.
In many ways, 2021 is the present we have been waiting for since the EU referendum in 2016. It is the year things really begin to change.