farmers

"Bluetongue can have serious consequences for farmers"

"The report clearly shows that crofting not only delivers economically, but also for the environment, land management, community, health and for culture"

Further outbreaks causing concern among border farmers

Deputy First Minister says schemes will help build on-farm resilience for future generations

NFU president Tom Bradshaw warned the Farming Minister that in light of the £358 million pound underspend of the farming budget, Defra was a department ‘very close to failure' if it was not careful

The Orkney & Shetland MP says he will be 'first in the queue' to let Government know if it is not doing what it should

The Farming Minister Daniel Zeichner attended the Farm Tenancy Forum for the first time since being elected into Government

Charlotte Harris, 21, is a shepherdess from Strathaven in South Lanarkshire. She now runs her own equine and shepherdess business in Scotland

James farms Dairy Shorthorns east of Kendal, Cumbria, with his parents Kathleen and Henry, wife Michelle and sons Robert and Chris. The fifth generation to farm at Strickley, he is also vice-chair of the Nature Friendly Farming Network

"We have lost experienced farming MPs but this is now an opportunity to build back again"