The farmland market in England and Wales continues to drift, with buyers and sellers hesitating in the face of ongoing political and economic uncertainty. According to the latest Knight Frank Farmland Index, average values for bare agricultural land fell by 2.3%...
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Turriff Show prepares to welcome over 3,000 animals to the showground this summer
It is now weeks away from Scotland’s largest two-day agricultural show. Once again, Turriff Show has an impressive number of livestock entries lined up for the whopping 1,500+ classes taking place on Sunday 3 and Monday 4 August. Entry numbers are now confirmed across...
HBS Ring Ltd and Ringlink Scotland Ltd Confirm Merger to Strengthen Support for Scottish Farmers and Crofters
Two of Scotland’s long established and respected agricultural cooperatives, Highland Business Services (HBS) Ring Ltd and Ringlink (Scotland) Ltd, are delighted to confirm the formal approval and completion of the proposal to merge the two businesses, effective from 1...
Farmer by name, farmer by nature
Turning her back on a professional curling career has helped Beth Farmer have a clean sweep of her wellbeing FOR somebody who has only just turned 25, Beth Farmer has already managed to fit an awful lot into her young life. Coming from a farming family there can be no...
David Felce wins 2025 Rawcliffe Bridge Award for Sustainability
Cambridgeshire farmer David Felce wins 2025 Rawcliffe Bridge Award for Sustainability Award in partnership with The Andersons Centre was requested for the FASTAC, The Country Trust and The Royal Entomological Society Judges praise Felce for collaboration, biodiversity...
Perfecting Potatoes Together: Innovation and Insight
The late blight pathogen is constantly evolving, and the emergence of increasingly aggressive blight strains and those with resistance to key chemistries makes building effective programmes more challenging. BASF’s recent Perfecting Potatoes Together webinar, in...
Regenerative farming visitors 35% up at Groundswell 2025
Groundswell 2025, which ran from 1-3 July, welcomed over 10,000 visitors to the Cherry family’s Lannock Farm near Hitchin in Hertfordshire. The sell-out regenerative agriculture event included over 400 speakers from around the world, including the ‘grandfather’ of...
Anchors Aweigh: Finding a life jacket in the stormy sea of farming life
Farmer Stephen Mackenzie shares his inspiring story of swapping the soil for the sea … A BACKGROUND that will ring true with many - having a family member at the helm of the family’s farm and feeling somehow rudderless -set Stephen Mackenzie on a remarkable adventure....
Putting nature on the payroll at Wiston Estate
Wiston Estate in West Sussex has employed its first full-time ecologist, funded entirely through income from one of the UK’s earliest private Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) transactions. The appointment marks a significant evolution in how rural estates are embedding...
Data sharpens strategy for English wine producer MDCV
A new demographic insight tool developed by Knight Frank’s viticulture consultancy is helping one of the UK’s largest wine producers unlock new growth opportunities in direct-to-consumer sales, tourism and winery site development. MDCV farms over 2,000 acres...