Debbie James

Recruiting staff to work on UK dairy farms is so difficult that farmers are cutting milk production and some are considering quitting the industry.

A Shropshire-based company has shown it is possible to produce palatable protein products from broccoli stalks, which have until now mostly been discarded

The deputy prime minister is to rule on whether a solar energy company can erect panels on about 52ha of tenanted farmland in North Yorkshire, after she snatched that decision-making process away from a planning inspector.

NFU Mutual has agreed to temporarily re-open its insurance cover for bird flu after a second insurer closed its books to new policyholders, leaving many businesses exposed as the UK heads into the high-risk period for the disease.

A 201-acre farm which the owners have converted to organic status is coming to the market in Oxfordshire.

The range of enterprises on the Williams family's 81ha farm on the outskirts of the Cornish village of St Agnes demonstrates their entrepreneurial approach, incorporating a willingness to take calculated risks.

Ask a dairy or beef farmer if they have ever had a calf born with atresia, a condition commonly known as “waterbelly”, and the chances are they will say no.

Working in agriculture can take its toll on hearing as farmers are exposed to many loud noises which, over time, may damage the inner ear.

Dylan Jones of Castellior, Menai Bridge, Anglesey, is Farmers Weekly ‘s 2024 Beef Farmer of the Year.

The market sees two productive mixed farm launches this week. At Turville near Henley-on-Thames, the 554-acre holding known as Southend runs arable, beef and sheep enterprises and has some mature woodland.