A leading lawyer is urging farmers and any business owner trading in animals to keep up to date with the increasing burden of paperwork or risk losing their livelihoods. Solicitor David Kirwan, head of the agricultural unit at North West law firm .. Read More
Uk Farming News | 01.31.12 | No Comments
Whilst the regulations to improve the conditions in which battery chickens are kept were approved and voted on by MEPs over ten years ago, the directive is only coming into force in January 2012. From January onwards farmers who keep over 350 chic.. Read More
Poultry, Uk Farming News | 12.18.11 | No Comments
In the latest in an increase in sheep rustling and illegal slaughtering, a farmer found his flock had been gunned down in an horrific attack in Northamptonshire. At first Mr Phipps thought his sheep had been the victims of a dog attack, but on clos.. Read More
Uk Farming News | 08.21.11 | No Comments
The production company behind 'Made in Chelsea' are planning on yet another reality TV series, but this time based on the challenges and experiences of the farming community. Monkey Kingdom, the company behind the reality TV series, aim to place f.. Read More
Uk Farming News | 07.10.11 | No Comments
In May 2010 a Cumbrian judge handed out an unusually long prison sentence on Robert Mickle, who along with his accomplice, Christopher Steele, came especially from County Durham to a farm in Cumbria to steal a cattle truck. On passing the 16-month.. Read More
Miscellaneous, Uk Farming News | 08.16.10 | 3 Comments
DEFRA recently published its annual figures of EU payments (direct aids, rural development payments and market schemes) and the number of UK farming businesses receiving over a million pounds in EU grants and subsidies has now increased to 29, from 1.. Read More
Farming Grants, Uk Farming News | 07.12.10 | No Comments
There has been a huge increase in the fines imposed on British farmers for flouting rules and regulations and breaching various support schemes. Farmers have faced heavy fines for minor mistakes such as filling in application forms wrong and there se.. Read More
Farming Grants, Farming Legislation, Uk Farming News | 06.2.10 | No Comments
As David Cameron settles into his new home at Number 10 Downing Street, the UK farming industry is waiting to see whether the Conservatives stick to their pre-election pledge to reduce the amount of rules and regulations placed on British farmers. .. Read More
Uk Farming News | 05.22.10 | No Comments
As cabinet ministers are appointed to the new coalition government, there is uncertainty about what the future solves for DEFRA and what the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition means for the UK farming industry. After long negotiations, Conser.. Read More
Uk Farming News | 05.13.10 | No Comments
Food retailer, Marks & Spencers has announced a new scheme to reward dairy farmers, which supply the retailer store with fresh milk, for achieving and maintaining the highest levels of animal health and welfare. The scheme, known as the Milk P.. Read More
Animal Health and Welfare, Cattle, Uk Farming News | 04.26.10 | No Comments
