Farmers in the UK are facing major threats to their livelihoods. Climate change is now having significant impacts, already making rainfall more intense and frequent, impacting crop yields with a cost ...

World-renowned environmental scientist Professor Gretchen C. Daily laid out her vision for a world at one with nature at the 45 th annual TB Macaulay lecture held in Edinburgh on Tuesday night (10 th ...

In May, several changes to permitted development rights influenced by hit series Clarkson’s Farm came into effect: Aaron & Partners’ Mark Turner delves into what it means, the sector’s reaction – and ...

Having lost their brothers to suicide ten and five years ago respectively, The Rural Communities Mental Health Foundation co-founders Kate Scott and Lewis Hunter came together and identified the need ...

Aberystwyth University is one of four UK research organisations to have won £3m of Defra funding to develop climate resilient legumes. The Pulse Crop Genetic Improvement Network, which started in 2008 ...

A new Floods Resilience Taskforce to turbocharge the development of flood defences and bolster the nation’s resilience to extreme weather has convened for the first time, Secretary of State for ...

SY Cheer, the newest of only five Group 1 varieties on the 2024/25 AHDB winter wheat Recommended List (RL), has just been confirmed as a full Group 1 variety by UK Flour Millers, explains Matthew Bull ...

SOLASTA Bio, a leading agri-biotech company specialising in the next generation of green insecticides, has completed an oversubscribed $14 million Series A funding round to accelerate the development ...

New winter feed barley Aleksandra from Agrovista has delivered impressive yields and excellent quality grain in Yorkshire after the toughest of seasons, recovering strongly from the effects of heavy ...

The BMJ has issued a release highlighting that more than half of UK government nutrition advisors are paid by food companies.

The 'Rethinking retail' session will look at a round-up of key category research around AHDB's in-store, online and labelling research, and the day will end exploring how Gen Z are influencing the ...

The first ever strike at a private veterinary practice in the UK will escalate this week – as a petition in support of the striking workers grew to 49,503 signatures. Around 100 staff at Valley Vets ...