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British scientists say they have created a new type of "superwheat" which could help to solve the problem of feeding the world's ever increasing popul...
I'm already half-awake when the soft ping of my alarm nudges me to get out of bed. It's four o'clock and there's a ninety minute drive to the farm, so I need to get going. I quickly pull on some old clothes and head out into the dark, frosty morning.
Police seized a flock of sheep after the owners continually let them roam free. A shepherd and two sheepdogs were called in by police to help round...
The business began as a hobby and has now flourished into a cottage industry involving the whole Ryder family. Harry suffered a severe stroke and was...
The carcasses of more than 3,000 farm animals which died when a blizzard engulfed Northern Ireland have so far been collected in a state funded dispos...
David Cameron has revealed he recently waded into a swamp to rescue a stricken sheep. The ewe, which has since been nicknamed Swampy, had ventured ...
Famers and vets have heralded the potential of a new vaccine against foot-and-mouth disease which scientists say could be the "holy grail" of preventi...
Livestock farmers are becoming increasingly fearful for their livelihoods as the heavy snow and wintry weather threaten their animals. It's believe...
In the age of Horse-gate, the few minutes spent deciding whether to plump for processed spag bol or chilli con carne on the way home from work now comes with an added dose of queasy self-loathing.
The EU and the US have for a long time been behaving like reluctant lovers: flirting, and bickering, but never willing to go the distance. Despite many shared interests, a full-blown free-trade agreement has always proved one step too far.
So where can consumers buy with confidence without needing a DNA testing kit? With the real guardians of food traceability and provenance, local farm retailers and local butchers, of course.
What would Mr Selfridge say? Major department store Selfridges faces prosecution from the Food Standards Agency (FSA) after supplying raw cow milk. ...
Horsemeat has been put in the spotlight due to the discovery of horse DNA in frozen burgers sold as beef in Tesco, Lidl, Iceland and Aldi. Although widely eaten in Europe, horsemeat has long tipped the controversy scales in the UK, but is our beef with eating equines ultimately hurting our horses?
A recent report published by the charity Oxfam revealed that hill farmers work on average 80 hours a week, over double that of the average full time worker and that many farming families find themselves living below the poverty line here in the UK. The report claims that upland farmers earn between £12,600 and £8,000 a year.
As an 18-year-old student, Katjia Gauriloff found herself working in a sausage factory in Helsinki, sharing her breaks with hardworking women and hear...
For Clare Morpurgo, who set up the educational charity Farms for City Children in 1976 with her husband Michael, the acclaimed children's author, the memories that have informed her life's work stem from the village of Iddesleigh in West Devon.
What the RSPCA is doing amounts to a back door attempt to sabotage the Badger Act. This blog tries to explain the circumstances that have lead to this situation and to embarrass senior executives in the RSPCA into reversing their position.
The biofuel in British petrol tanks could feed 10million people; across the EU biofuels could feed 185million people. This 'perfect storm' of declining supplies from climate change and rising demand from biofuels has dire consequences.
Here are some key facts and figures surrounding the debate over controversial plans for a badger cull to tackle bovine tuberculosis (TB). Figures come...
British pig farmers are being forced out of the market or to cull livestock as the price of producing pork continues to rise. Following a number of...
A woman who survived a farming accident which killed a young rugby star, his father and brother has been released from hospital. Emma Spence, the s...
A star of Irish rugby has been killed alongside his brother and their father in a farming tragedy in Northern Ireland. The player’s sister was also ...
No one denies that TB in cattle is a serious problem. It results in the premature slaughter of many thousands of cattle each year, with devastating impacts for farmers, and at a huge cost to the taxpayer in testing, inspection and compensation. But killing badgers isn't going to reduce TB in cattle.
Farmers may have caused the obesity epidemic by using antibiotics to fatten up livestock, according to a study. Researchers found low exposure to a...
The moon still casts a silver glow over Legetio when Robert Ndeno gets up to milk the cows. Every morning at 6 am the 24-year-old 'shamba boy' makes his way across the dew-soaked grass to the small wooden hut.
