ICSA Rural Development chair Edmond Phelan has said it is completely unacceptable that farmers are still waiting indefinitely for the ACRES payments they are entitled to. He insisted that the ...

“We need a plan, we need to be ambitious, and we need to be absolutely focused on the optimisation of agriculture,” said keynote speaker Baroness Minette Batters, a tenant farmer, cross-bench peer and ...

Farmer-owned dairy co-operative, First Milk, has won 12 medals at the British & Irish Cheese Awards, across both its Golden Hooves and BV Dairy brands.

The full new RBST Watchlist, showing the latest position for each of the UK’s native livestock and equine breeds, will be published in April 2025. The current Watchlist (published in April 2024) can ...

The National Sheep Association (NSA) will welcome UK breed societies and enthusiastic pedigree sheep breeders to an insightful workshop this May as part of its refreshed NSA Breed Society Forum. The ...

Prominent Carmarthenshire farmer, and Member of Parliament for Caerfyrddin, Ann Davies, has been shortlisted for the Agricultural Ambassador of the Year prize at the National Women in Agriculture ...

"Lambs are valuable, and you need to protect your investment," says Bryn Hughes, national sheep specialist at Wynnstay. "Having the expense now can pay dividends in the longer term with better lambs, ...

I was delighted to be present in January when Steve Reed, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural affairs, announced plans to introduce secondary legislation to allow “precision breeding” ...

Alex Sybron's career has taken him from playing one of Jamaica's most popular sports to working on improving the quality and sustainability of one of its hottest export commodities. Alex, now 33, was ...

The Environment Agency has today published water company Event Duration Monitoring (EDM) Annual Return data for 2024 showing the frequency and duration of spills from storm overflows in England.

Genetic diversity is key to creating more resilient agrifood systems that withstand challenges such as shifting climate patterns. Since 80 percent of the food we consume is plant-based, preserving a ...

The Welsh Government has today published details of its continued commitment to tackling antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in animals across Wales, including £2 million of new funding and the ...