Alex Black, Farmers Guardian's head of news and business, reflects on legislation looking to boost fairness in the supply chain

In today's Farming in Five, head of news and business Alex Black discusses the concerns that the budget for Environmental Land Management schemes could be cut in the upcoming spending review, Scottish Government has announced it has shelved plans for a new National Park in Galloway, FETF opens for applications and an uplift is announced to the HLS scheme

The Environment Agency has officially declared drought despite wetter weather conditions this week

Housing Secretary Angela Rayner said Government will accelerate planning changes to support small and medium-sized house builders to develop new homes in rural communities

The Agricultural Budgeting and Costings Book, which was celebrating its 100th edition, took a look back at the past 50 years

The Fair Dealing Obligations (Pigs) Regulations follow legislation introduced in the dairy sector in July 2024

The UK’s largest bioethanol producer has told wheat farmers purchases will be ‘scaled back’ from next month

Linda Jones, national manager, FCN Cymru, writes to encourage women in farming to take part in a research study on health and well-being which the FCN is conducting in collaboration with the University of Exeter

Eddie Andrew at Our Cow Molly in Sheffield is looking to educate the public, and academics, on what farms can offer whilst still producing food

The new chair said he was ‘totally committed to rebuilding farmers' trust in Red Tractor’