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Blistering temperatures across the country this week have led a farm animal welfare charity and a water company to dish out unsolicited advice to farmers and growers.

The Government’s UK-wide consultation of the pig supply chain must lead to action that protects and benefits primary producers, National Pig Association chief executive Dr Zoe Davies has said. By Hannah Binns and Ewan Pate.

A moorland wildfire has released carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions equivalent to the annual carbon footprint of a small town of 4,000 people, a new report has found.

The Countryside Alliance (CA) has accused the BBC of ‘picking the wrong target’ ahead of its internal impartiality review of Countryfile.

A family has paid tribute to their three-year-old ‘little sunshine’ boy who has died after a collision with a tractor on a farm in Bury.Ìý

A new program of support is available for farming families looking to reduce their carbon footprint.

Defra is hoping to change its ‘strained’ relationship with industry going forward, according to Jonathan Marsden, head of Defra’s Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) standards.

New data from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has revealed 22 farm workers were killed on farms in England, Wales and Scotland in 2021/22, a fall from 34 farm workers this time last year.

As the contest to become the UK’s next Prime Minister hots up, industry chiefs outline their predictions at this year’s GYS and what this could mean for future agricultural policy.

Environmental targets enshrined in law will remain at the forefront of future agricultural policy regardless of who ends up in Number 10, according to a top Defra civil servant.