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Rural groups have demanded Natural Resources Wales revisits its controversial price rises claiming the costs will deter new entrants to the farming industry and pile further pressure on existing farm businesses.

Opponents of a huge new Oxfordshire solar farm have accused landowners of acting in a ‘feudal’ manner, as residents step up their battle to save 1,375 hectares (3,400 acres) of agricultural land.

A NEW action plan to protect food security, trade and plant health for the next five years has been announced by the Government.

A Buckinghamshire farmer has swapped the damp, cold farmyard for fun in the sun as he joins this year’s crop of romantic hopefuls on ITV2’s Love Island.

Liberal Democrat MP Helen Morgan has accused a Government minister of ‘insulting’ British farmers, after he championed the benefits of buying New Zealand lamb.

A Devon farmer has been given a suspended prison sentence and ordered to pay almost £74,000 in costs after pleading guilty to illegally grazing cattle on a Site of Special Scientific Interest.

Broadcaster Jeremy Clarkson has announced the closure of his Diddly Squat Restaurant after falling foul of the local council.

The NFU has revealed the names of the 11 farmers chosen to be its Student & Young Farmer Ambassadors for this year.

The UK Government must support domestic fertiliser production if it is to prevent a worsening of the food security crisis, NFU Scotland has demanded.

Calls for the Government to work more closely with the poultry sector are growing following further outbreaks of avian influenza across both England and Scotland.