Philip Clarke

Farmers in parts of the South West and the Midlands may be eligible for grant funding of up to £25,000 to help repair uninsurable flood damage to their land caused by Storm Henk at the start of the year.

Farmer employers who pay their staff a salary rather than an hourly wage are at risk of being fined if they are found to be paying less than the national minimum wage.

Months of relentless rain has moved food security right up the political agenda and put farmers in a stronger position with policymakers, according to former Climate Change Committee chairman and past Defra secretary Lord Deben.

Misting systems are becoming increasingly common in broiler houses as the industry gears up for hotter summers and greater welfare scrutiny.

Farmers and growers are bearing a disproportionate share of the risk in food supply chains, and supermarkets need to step up to ensure they receive a fair price and more flexible treatment.

The Labour Party is promising to “take down rural crime gangs” as part of a new rural crime strategy, which it claims will help protect communities from

Sheep producers who have lost livestock to sea eagles will continue to receive support for 2024, the Scottish government has confirmed. Up to £400,000 has

Scottish farmers and landowners say the end of the power sharing deal between the SNP and the Scottish Greens provides an opportunity for a “policy reset”, to set the agricultural industry on a more prosperous footing.

Red Tractor farm assurance is a “victim of its own success”, which is why some primary producers have little option but to be members, according to the

Red Tractor chief executive Jim Moseley has insisted that the principles behind the now defunct Greener Farms Commitment (GFC) were sound, but the