The Government has announced a consultation on a fund for smaller abattoirs with plans for applications to open later this year

The Farmers Union Wales (FUW) said FUW, Welsh farming and Wales as a whole had lost ‘a great friend and advocate’

AB Foods, which owns agricultural brands including British Sugar, has agreed a deal to purchase NMR for £48m

Costs have increased ‘across the board' according to Beef and Lamb New Zealand

Farmers could be asked to cull up to 200,000 cattle to meet Ireland's emissions target

overnment had indicated delinked payments will be based on past claims history meaning those who have bought recently would miss out

Aardman animations character Shaun the Sheep will be encouraging the next generation to care for the countryside

Farmer and land agents have now submitted their final BPS claims but there few opportunities for those already engaged in environmental schemes to replace it

The society, which runs the annual Great Yorkshire Show, disputed an assessment by HMRC claiming the show should have been treated as exempt as it was a fundraising event for the charity