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Country and Farming

Reuben Owen sits on his vintage tractor. (Pic credit: Channel 5)

Reuben Owen: Life in the Dales: Yorkshire farmer returns to Channel 5 series

Reuben Owen returns to the Channel 5 series Life in the Dales alongside his mother Yorkshire shepherdess Amanda Owen and buys a new 22-tonne digger.

CNG Fuels Ltd has withdrawn plans to build a biomethane fuelling station for trucks on the site of a former abattoir at Flanshaw Business Park

Plans for 24-hour fuelling station plan at former Yorkshire abattoir withdrawn

John McTernan also said the country "doesn't need small farmers"

Poor soil health is increasing risk of flooding on farms, report finds

Egg producers have been fined for switching eggs best before dates.

Defra crackdown on fake date labelling on eggs

Lesser whitethroat, Sylvia curruca, single bird on branch, Hungary, July 2018

The elusive lesser whitethroat - but listen out for the song

Racing fans are being invited to join leading racing industry figures on the Cleveland Way.

Fans invited to join leading horseracing figures in coastal challenge

Ed Miliband is due to determine several large-scale solar schemes across Yorkshire farmland.

Huge solar farm the size of Durham approved in East Yorkshire

Yorkshire Air Museum at Elvington.

Riverside village with a crucial role in the war

Porpoises are among the creatures which can be seen off the Scarborough coast.

The incredible wildlife which can be seen from a former bus shelter

A young Dogue de Bordeaux.

The perils of naming animals - Julian Norton

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer speaks on the phone to US President Donald Trump. PIC: Alberto Pezzali/PA Wire

Starmer urged to keep food standards red lines in future US talks

Brexit has damaged import and export trade between the UK and the EU (Picture: Dan Kitwood)

Defra admits goods from countries with foot and mouth crossed border

Young farmer and butcher Henry Bailey feeds his Beltex and Blue Texel pedigree sheep on the farm above Keighley.

The young show judge at the UK’s oldest agricultural show

Farming confidence has hit an all-time low.

Yorkshire study reveals farming confidence has plummeted

Aberdeen Angus bull Tree Bridge Joiner, with David Evans and Great Yorkshire Show director Rachel Coates.

'It was something mum got dressed up for, she bought a new outfit, complete with...

A Yorkshire Wildlife Trust team restoring dry stone walls at Ingleborough.

How Yorkshire's heritage, landscapes and farms are being preserved

A fire on Marsden Moor, near Huddersfield in 2021.

'We watched our neighbours land go up in flames' - Jill Thorp

US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer hold a joint press conference in the East Room at the White House. PIC: Carl Court/PA Wire

Trump says trade deal 'dramatically increases access' for US beef

Business and Trade Secretary Jonathan Reynolds and Indian Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal. Credit: DBT

Lamb exports 'boosted' under landmark UK-India free trade deal

A common grasshopper warbler (Locustella naevia).

The warbler that is reeling in the years

‘Living on borrowed time’ as flood threat grows

Farmers facing increasing numbers of floods have joined the NFU in calling for urgent government investment in flooding infrastructure after a report warned the UK was poorly prepared for more severe weather, which would jeopardise food production.

Stuart Minting

Farmer Rachel Hallos has warned the government over expanding compulsory purchase powers.

Farming fears over compulsory purchases

Studies suggest hedgehog numbers have declined by up to 75 per cent in some rural areas since 2000.

Fresh hope for much-loved but threatened creature

Cawthorne, near Barnsley.

Is village's 'Yorkshire's poshest' title justified?

Cllr David Staveley.

Union opens ballot over industrial action as Arla condemned over Settle Creamery...

Jill Thorp's borrowed tup smashed through a window and made a mad dash for freedom.

Farm on the M62: The borrowed tup that smashed through a window and made a mad d...

NFU Vice President Rachel Hallos at her farm in West Yorkshire. Credit: Lawrence Looi / NFU

Poor internet connectivity holding back farmers, survey finds

Great Yorkshire Show director Rachel Coates and cattle farmer David Evans launch the 166th edition of the event.

How not to get lost at the Great Yorkshire Show

Rachel Hallos, NFU Vice President

Better internet connectivity key to growth of Yorkshire's farming future

The Sycamore Gap tree was felled in September 2023.

Watch moment historic Sycamore Gap tree was cut down

Wayne Hutchinson a Swaledale Sheep farmer and farming photographer based at Hawes, North Yorkshire.

Farmers should focus on fruit and veg over beef and lamb, report says

Pied flycatcher, Ficedula hypoleuca, single male on branch, Worcestershire, May 2016

Flycatchers arrive to enjoy home comforts

Holes in trees provide a valuable 'des res' for many woodland birds.

Bill Teale

Yorkshire Dales cattle and sheep farmer Tom Carlisle, who will judge the National Federation of Young Farmers Clubs Awards.

'We have to muck in to save events'

David Shaw and his daughter Helen Stanier at Grey Leys Farm, with some of the Jersey herd.

Farm opens gates open to reveal valuable insight

Thurcroft Miners Institue.

The village with an exact birth date

A tortoise.

Turbo-charged tortoises - Julian Norton

Victoria Vyvyan, CLA president

Yorkshire farming leader calls for swift SFI scheme replacement

Sheep are judged judged at last year's Royal Highland Show.

Princely costs of entering royal show make it an outing too far

The Mascot Gold Cup at Wetherby Racecourse in 2023.

Mascots' moment in the spotlight

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves is in Washington to attend a series of IMF meetings

US 'respects and understands' UK food standards in trade deal

Matt Trevelyan's homemade bird costume.

'I walked 53 miles across Yorkshire dressed as my favourite bird'

A male ring ouzel

The ‘mountain blackbird’ making a return to Yorkshire's high points

Hurgill Road in Richmond

Former renowned racehorse training facility earmarked for development

Jennie Canning among the blooms at Farmer Copleys Tulip Festival at Pontefract in West Yorkshire.

How popular farm shop came to be judged the country's best

How garden pond sparked a lifelong love of wildlife for artist

Farmers are working with the police to tackle rural crime.

Fears scourge of rural crime could drive people out of countryside

Charli Parker and Foreseeable Future after winning at Catterick in October.

Amateur jockey's remarkable return after horror fall

Julian Norton.

The historic moorland road with many tales to tell

The North Yorkshire County Show is set to return in June.

Much-loved agricultural event dating to 1840 stages comeback

Jill Thorp

Tragic accident with lamb is a stark reminder - Jill Thorp

The Castleton and Danby War Memorial.

The hilltop village with history seeping through its pores

US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer hold a joint press conference in the East Room at the White House. PIC: Carl Court/PA Wire

MPs call for vote on potential US trade deal as agreement edges closer

Ollie Heywood, Moor Farm, Shiptonthorpe. A horse is pictured grazing at Moor Farm.

How a farm can move with the times

A photo from the 2001 outbreak of foot and mouth in the UK of a fire lit in the burning pit on Netherplace farm. Credit: David Cheskin/PA Wire