Rural News

Six animal rights activists were sentenced for aggravated trespass after bringing milk supplies to a halt at a dairy site back in 2022.

The latest NFU Digital Access Survey reveals that broadband and mobile coverage in rural areas continues to lag behind the needs of British farming businesses — with more than one in five respondents reporting they cannot access even a ‘decent’ internet speed.

The Royal Highland & Agricultural Society of Scotland has concluded this year’s Presidential Initiative, raising £137,000 for agricultural charities.

Employees from Origin Soil Nutrition collectively walked 1,474 virtual miles between the company’s 11 UK fertiliser production sites in a Walk to Wellness initiative, with all proceeds donated to agricultural charity, YANA.  

New figures released today show that farming continues to have the poorest safety record of any occupation in the UK & Ireland, despite meaningful progress.

Neive Burke is defying the odds to pursue her passion for farming after surviving a life-altering stroke. 

The sale and use of lead shot for live quarry and clay shooting will be banned after a three-year transition, starting from next summer. 

Friends and family of Borders farmer Neil Stewart have completed a 100-mile walk in his memory and raised over £88,000 to spread mental health awareness in the farming community.

A Mercedes ran a red light into the path of a JCB tractor, causing it to veer off the road and into two houses.

Jeremy Clarkson has expressed his disappointment after a Hawkstone advert that featured a farmers’ choir was banned from broadcasting.

Welsh farming leaders welcomed today’s publication of the Sustainable Farming Scheme (SFS), calling it a “generational milestone for Welsh agriculture” but also expressing their concerns. 

The fire started while the tractor was being driven back to the farm, and was fully alight within two minutes of pulling over.