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Farm Diversity Magazine partners with The Business Barn

Farm Diversity Magazine is pleased and excited to announce its new partnership with The Business…

The Farming community receiving cheque

Farmers raise £3,245 for The Farming Community Network

More than 640 farmers who took part in an industry survey have raised over £3000 for The Farming…

Fuel Theft

Fuel theft warning for farmers as prices soar

Farmers with diesel and oil storage tanks are being warned to check their security amidst…

tenant farmers

New working group launched to support tenant farmers

The Environment Secretary has today announced an independent review dedicated to looking at how…

Rupert Oliver, celebrating 50 years of soft play

50 YEARS of Soft Play – let’s celebrate!

2022 is the 50th Anniversary of Rupert Oliver’s invention of Soft Play – yes, we said…

Abbie and Andy AA Livestock - first general farmers seeking land and property

First Generation Farmers seeking land and property

Hello, we are Andy and Abbie, two first generation farmers based in Suffolk. Neither of us come…

The journey ahead front cover

THE JOURNEY AHEAD: new book developed by The Farming Community Network launches

A new book designed to help farmers plan ahead for the future, developed by The Farming…

thanksgiving service Ripon Cathedral

Thanksgiving service highlights hope and unity in the farming community

Hope, unity and the need for people across agriculture to come together in support of one…

Farm Business Innovation Show

Farm Business Innovation Show - Safely Returning to “Normality”

As the world is slowly but surely returning to “normality” as we once knew it, we are delighted…

cow manure Green Crypto

Green Crypto firm in Bury runs mining computers off cow manure

Crypto mining business based in Bury which runs its computers off cow manure has taken £5million…

Castle View Farm Natural burial ground

Natural burial ground permission at Castle View Farm

A family-run Leicestershire farm has received approval to transform one of its fields into a…

Henry Winning & Co Ltd Queen's Award

Henry Winning & Co Ltd. Wins prestigious Queen’s Award for Enterprise: International Trade.

With history dating back to its inception in 1880, Henry Winning & Co Ltd. are leading twine…

Sixteen Ridges Vineyard

Sixteen Ridges Vineyard being placed on the market.

A pioneering Worcestershire vineyard is set for a sparkling future after being placed on the…

 Johanne Spittle diversification project

Is your diversification project ‘agricultural use’ and does it matter?

In the current climate, many farmers are diversifying to future proof their farm business. In…

help farmers boost productivity

£25 million available to help farmers boost productivity

£25 million has been made available in grants for productivity-boosting farming equipment in the…