SECURING free and frictionless trade with the EU and safeguarding British food standards will be crucial for the UK dairy sector to grow, prosper and deliver quality products, NFU vice president Stuart Roberts said today. Mr Roberts has been speaking
writes Gregory Kirby Crop production in Britain will plummet if climate change sends a vital ocean current pattern past "tipping point", new research suggests. The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) brings heat from the tropics
writes Tom Seaward A FARMER who swindled the taxman out of £300,000 and whose office burned down the night before an HMRC officer visited has been jailed for almost three-and-a-half years. Over more than five years Anthony Page, 64, entered 20
writes Alice Simmons THREE container buildings have been completely destroyed after a fire in Frome. Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service received a call from a member of the public at 10.08pm on Thursday (January 9) who reported that his
writes Alex Winter Two men and a company have appeared in court charged with offences allegedly committed at a west Dorset abattoir. Benjamin Braiser, 27 and of Robinswell, Higher Eype, Bradley Loveless, 32 and of Swaines Row, West Bay, and S
STAGS of South Molton report a decent number of prime hoggs still over the four figure total but overall an expected easier trade. Trade was back six ppk on the SQQ with the best hoggs around or just over the 200ppk mark. The quality of the entry
The NPA has called on Mitsubishi to distance itself from a Channel 4 programme showing activists performing criminal acts on farms, including stealing pigs. The association is also calling on members to write to their local Mitsubishi dealerships
