The latest Rural Life news for UK farmers and the agricultural industry.
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A farmer has been left with a profanity-ridden letter and a damaged fence after investigating how his calves escaped the field. Young farmer Richard…
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A series of devastating livestock attacks have left one Welsh farmer close to breaking point. Ben Jones, who runs a 65 acre tenant sheep farm on the…
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Concerns with the slurry deadline, financial problems and the increased prices of fodder and animal feed are creating high-levels of stress in…
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A warning has been issued about the dangers sky lanterns pose to animals as Britain prepares to mark Halloween. Sky, or ‘Chinese’, lanterns, can be a…
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A charity which looks after rivers has disposed of nearly a tonne and a half of banned and outdated pesticides from farms across the South West. The…
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Reducing access to migrant labour for farming, horticulture and tourism jobs will have "devastating consequences" for the rural economy. The CLA, a…
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MPs and Peers from across the parties turned out to show their support for continued investment in the countryside after Brexit at an event in…
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Registrations for Open Farm Sunday 2018 are due to be open on the 1 November, organiser LEAF (Linking Environment And Farming) has announced. The…
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A farming union has welcomed the decision by Cardiff County Court to strike out a case brought against one of its members. A case was brought against…
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Local authorities must step up and allow traditional farm buildings to be sympathetically adapted for other uses or important rural heritage will be…
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