Farm Business

Protest organiser says Labour squandered the opportunity to reset its relationship with the rural community

Farm businesses have been left to count the cost of storms Austen and Boelo after the high winds and rain wiped out much-needed half-term and Halloween revenue

Defra joins Sir David Attenborough in supporting The Wildlife Trusts bid to buy the Rothbury Estate in Northumberland

This week from the Farmers Guardian editor Katie Jones

UK-EU trade opportunities was the hot topic at SIAL Paris international trade fair this year as Prime Minister Andy Burnham gears up for negotiations on closer links with the bloc next month

NFU president Tom Bradshaw said: "Today the phrase ‘food security is national security' feels nothing but a hollow promise"

An arable farmer from Doncaster said the lack of mention of farming in the budget showed where this government's priorities lie.

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The Farming Minister, Stephen Morgan said: “All the decisions around how the SFI scheme would run this year were made before my appointment into the department"