The RSPCA has issued urgent advice to animal owners across the UK ahead of bitterly cold temperatures this weekend. A yellow warning for snow and ice is in place from 12pm on Saturday until 9am on ...

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Farmers from across Yorkshire are set to descend on a North Yorkshire town as part of an ongoing protest. The National Farmers' Union (NFU) has announced that it will be holding a National Day of ...

The political winds have changed across the pond.

Nick Thomson, his wife Holly – who is the marketing manager at Iron & Pine in Dalbeattie developing modular houses from shipping containers – daughter Tilly (3), and Nick’s parents Derek and Raewyn, ...

A trio of Northern Irish buyers paid the top price of 31,000gns for a four-month-old pedigree Holstein heifer at the Sizzler Select online sale conducted by Taaffe Auctions. The sale of 16 pedigree ...

It is a world away from the hotdogs, fish fingers and pizza which are served up for many pupils' school dinners. In a UK first, young people on two of Scotland’s islands are feasting on local wild ...

SIR, After reading the letter from Professor Newbold about the importance of methane as a greenhouse gas, I think he could be the man with the knowledge to answer a question concerning the fact that ...

SIR, Your front page article and editorial highlight the crossroads that farmers and crofters have reached with sea eagle massacres of sheep. A young family are on the brink of being driven from their ...

A new study by the University of Exeter’s Centre for Rural Policy Research (CRPR) and The Farming Community Network (FCN), will focus on gender-specific stressors that can affect women in agriculture, ...

SIR, Ms Simonetta’s article in last week’s Scottish Farmer regarding Swiss agriculture was very interesting and informative, but her comments on Scottish entitlements and reference periods were wide ...

A COMPREHENSIVE UK-wide review of farm assurance systems has called for a significant reset to restore farmer confidence and improve the effectiveness of assurance schemes. The report, on the status ...