Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng has today outlined the biggest tax cuts in 50 years in response to raging inflation and a cost-of-living crisis.

The Scottish Partnership Against Rural Crime (SPARC) is continuing its crackdown on livestock worrying as a ‘horrific’ attack in Kingussie saw dozens of lambs injured and killed.

Under-appreciation could lead to mental health issues.

The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) has confirmed the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) entitlement rates for 2022.

There was a tale of two trends at breeding sheep sales across UK auction marts as meteorological and economical challenges saw reluctance from some buyers.

The UK Government has made a range of grants available to help farmers and allied industries improve their productivity and efficiency. Hannah Binns talks to some of those who have tapped into the funding.

Marks and Spencer (M&S) has become the first UK retailer to sell 100 per cent slower-reared and RSPCA-Assured fresh chicken across its UK stores. 

British Cattle Movement Service calf registrations to dairy dams for Q2 are the lowest recorded in almost a decade, new date from AHDB has found.

A farmer and contactor have strapped themselves on to two vintage biplanes for a wing-walk, raising £2,500 for the Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution (RABI).

Defra’s view that dog attacks on sheep can be stopped by training them with biscuits is ‘naive nonsense’, National Sheep Association chief executive Phil Stocker has said.