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Young farmers are concerned the Covid-19 pandemic will affect their long-term prospects and feel pessimistic about future opportunities to live and work in rural areas, a study has found.

Agriculture is one of the least diverse professions in the UK, but a growing movement is attempting to address it – and it all starts with education. Olivia Midgley and Hannah Binns report.

EU farmers who refuse to participate in new eco-schemes to benefit the environment, mitigate climate change or improve animal welfare are set to see their direct payments slashed under proposed new CAP rules.

A new online wellbeing community and counselling service for farmers has been launched by the Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institute (RABI).

New and independent Geographical Indications (GI) schemes will guarantee the authenticity and origin of regional and traditional foods at the end of the Transition Period, Defra has revealed.

Building financial resilience has been at the core of decision-making for one Pembrokeshire dairy farmer who began selling pasteurised milk direct to the consumer last year, among other diversifications. Anna Bowen reports.

Robotic milking might be more frequently associated with indoor, high production Holstein herds, but one family in Somerset has installed robots on an organic grazing system.

Beef from the dairy herd can be a profitable enterprise, provided the animals are managed to the highest possible standards from birth to finishing

Farmers look set to benefit from a change in shopper habits brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic, with new research showing 63 per cent of Brits are buying more home-grown produce. By Hannah Binns and Abi Kay

NFU Mutual has advised farmers to review their security measures as winter draws in, warning rural thefts could increase this year with fewer people out and about.