09/07/2019
Round two of the RDPE Countryside Productivity Small Grant Scheme has opened today with a total of £15 million available.
28/06/2019
The British Game Alliance (BGA) will pilot a new farm audit scheme for game farms this summer with the intention of rolling this out nationally.
27/06/2019
With the elderflower drink market predicted to show strong growth over the next few years, a food scientist at the University of Nottingham’s School of Biosciences, has been appointed as a Nuffield Scholar to broaden the understanding of the different varieties of the plant.
25/06/2019
Farmers are being offered free one-to-one business planning advice and group workshops through support from the Prince’s Farm Resilience Programme.
21/06/2019
With consumption on the rise, the Welsh poultry sector has a bright future ahead. However, over-supply is an increasing cause for concern among producers.
17/06/2019
British plants and flowers growers have received the backing from another major retailer as Co-op becomes the latest to sign the NFU’s Plants and Flowers pledge.
14/06/2019
An estimated 230,000 people visited a working farm in England, Wales or Scotland last weekend as part of the Linking Environment And Farming (LEAF) Open Farm Sunday event.
12/06/2019
Farmers can now protect themselves against poor crop yields with a groundbreaking insurance policy that will compensate them for production shortfalls.
03/06/2019
The Agricultural Law Association (ALA) is calling on professionals to respond to government consultations on tenancy reform to secure the future of the agricultural tenanted sector.
31/05/2019
Uncertainty is the worst enemy of British agriculture, and the government is determined to help farmers through these transformational times, according to Defra minister Robert Goodwill.
28/05/2019
The UK wine industry is proving to be one of the fastest expanding wine regions in the world after seeing the biggest planting of vines on record this year.
23/05/2019
Following the success of the Hands Free Hectare (HFHa) project, Harper Adams University has received funding to create a Hands Free Farm.
20/05/2019
The British Free Range Egg Producers Association (BFREPA) is calling for nominations for Britain’s most cracking companies and individuals in the free range egg sector.
16/05/2019
Rural businesses must “embrace seismic change” to prosper in the next decade and beyond.
13/05/2019
Linking Environment and Farming Education (LEAF) is launching a brand-new initiative to inspire young people about farming, food production and the natural environment.
01/05/2019
A £1.34 million programme has been announced offering community food and farming businesses a mix of affordable loans and grants, with the intention of helping such businesses get investment ready.
26/04/2019
A survey of Savills consultants has found that farmers are holding back on investment in farm infrastructure and delaying taking part in agri-environment schemes until there is greater clarity on post-Brexit farm support.
18/04/2019
Leading biomass firm, Terravesta is to launch a new rhizome-based Miscanthus variety, ‘Athena’, at Cereals this summer.
12/04/2019
The parent company of Farmers Guardian, AgriBriefing, have today launched the 2019 British Farming Awards.
20/03/2019
Defra chief says that small farmers are to be given support if they cannot afford to pay for the advice needed to access Defra’s post-Brexit Environmental Land Management Scheme (ELMS).
15/03/2019
Two Scottish farms have been selected to develop their tourism-based businesses with the intention of encouraging other farmers to follow suit. 
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