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"This exciting news marks an important milestone in Scotland's growing reputation as an agritourism destination"

The Gwatkin family have a long history in farming, and their cider venture is taking their business in to the future. Ellie Layton finds out more

Farmers are being asked to do more to prevent livestock-related incidents

Remote rural communities and businesses are to benefit from a new £7m fund as part of the Prime Minister’s pledge to support the countryside economy

Livestock has been introduced to a south Dorset ‘super nature reserve’ in a bid to bolster both biodiversity and tourism

A row is brewing over the future of rural housing in Wales as the Government introduces new rules that business groups say will stifle tourism and limit farm diversification.

A massive 80 per cent of rural businesses are expecting their profits to fall in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, according to the latest Rural Sentiment Survey from Knight Frank.

Diversified farm businesses have been hit hard by the Government’s unprecedented lockdown restrictions, but industry experts claim agritourism is set to ‘bounce back’ post Covid-19. Mollie Leach reports. 

Almost half of UK farmers (48 per cent) are planning to set up or expand diversification schemes following the UK’s biggest shake-up in funding for decades, according to new research by NFU Mutual.

A farmer has branded a decision by Natural England to introduce a new coastal pathway through his farm when one already exists as a ‘shocking waste of public money’.