Farming

The North York Moors National Park Authority is aiming to restore various areas of peatland Picture: LDRS

National park boss underlines importance of landscape recovery bid

Farmers at a country show

New exhibition captures a year in the life of a Yorkshire farming dale

Raw meat on a butcher's cutting board. PIC: PA Photo/thinkstockphotos.

Imposing vegetarian choices threatens the future of the countryside - Sarah Todd

Farmers harvesting the wheat in fields last summer in the Yorkshire Wolds. PIC: Tony Johnson

Farming is seen as an easy target for the ills of the world - YP Letters

Many admit to not really knowing what farms do

Almost a third of Brits admit to not really knowing what farms do

Steve Hogg, a dairy farmer, and sheep secretary/steward for Borrowby Show pictured with Lester Peel and show sign.

Borrowby Show moves to Saturday and breaks with tradition

King Charles, then the Prince of Wales, during a visit to the Great Yorkshire Show at the Great Yorkshire Showground in Harrogate, North Yorkshire in 2021. PIC: Danny Lawson/PA Wire

The Great Yorkshire Show is more than just an agricultural show - The YP says

Kieran and Giles Horner, Teeswater sheep breeders, showing at the Great Yorkshire Show last year. PIC:Jonathan Gawthorpe

Why agricultural shows are important for British farming - Mark Spencer

King Charles is looking for students to live and work at Sandringham

King Charles looking for students to live and work at Sandringham

Farmer and artist, Malcolm Barker who will be taking part in the North Yorkshire Open Studios for the first time.

Farmer spent first wage on oil colours and mixes painting with potatoes

'The war started, our government did nothing to increase the UK’s 2022 food production'. PIC: ANDREY BORODULIN/AFP via Getty Images

Failings at central government are behind country's problems - YP Letters

Free range hens roaming and foraging on farm meadow grass. PIC: Adobe

Farming needs greater Government support - Max Anderson

The Yorkshire Vet star Peter Wright with a herd of cattle. ©Daisybeck Studios

The Yorkshire Vet star Peter Wright releases new book on animal encounters

'Farmers in Yorkshire and across the country will be at the heart of growth'. PIC: Simon Hulme

Yorkshire farmers will be central to Government’s growth agenda - Mark Spencer

Clarkson's Farm star Kaleb Cooper is launching a new bursary with the Royal Agriculture University.

Clarkson’s Farm side-kick Kaleb Cooper announces huge career move

Jeremy Clarkson outside his Diddly Squat farm shop in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire.

Jeremy Clarkson hits out at Chelsea Flower Show

'There’s no reason why Prince William and Princess Catherine cannot leave their own lasting impression on rural communities such as those in Yorkshire'. PIC: Jordan Pettitt/PA Wire

Prince of Wales should champion farming - The Yorkshire Post says

Farmers in Coverdale

'Quietly brilliant' film celebrates Yorkshire's hill farmers

'The river Calder and its tributaries cut deep through Yorkshire’s history and landscape. But increasingly, they carry a tide of filth'.

Sewage dumping in our rivers is a systemic problem - Dan Jarvis

Jeremy Clarkson during the "Clarkson's Farm" photocall at St. Pancras Renaissance London Hotel

Jeremy Clarkson left sleepless over sending animals to slaughter

HECK Foods - Jamie Keeble at the Heck HQ near Thirsk North Yorkshire. Picture: Glen Minikin

Heck to launch first bacon range with rollout starting in Tesco
Yorkshire sausage firm Heck is launching its first bacon range with the products due to be on shelves in Tesco stores across the country from Monday.

'Agriculture is no different to other sectors in that it must evolve along with the world we live in, and indeed many farmers are rising to the challenge' PIC: James Hardisty

Farming isn’t immune to climate change - YP Letters

Empty tomato trays at a Tesco Express store. PIC: Zoe Linkson/PA Wire

The Government must now see the dangers of empty supermarket shelves - GP Taylor

A group of asylum seekers were hosted for a second time in Nidderdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) as part of a Farming in Protected Landscapes funded project.

Refugees fleeing violence, war and oppression volunteer in Yorkshire

Yorkshire Shepherdess Amanda Owen Pictured on her farm at Keld. Picture by Simon Hulme

How Channel 5's Yorkshire documentaries shone a spotlight on farming

Jeremy Clarkson has opened a restaurant at his Diddly Squat farm.

Jeremy Clarkson closes Diddly Squat farm restaurant

The first covering of snow over the tops of the Wolds, East Yorkshire, last week as The Met Office issued a Yellow weather warnings due to cold air from the Arctic crossing the UK with concerns of snow and ice on high ground. Pictured A farmer drives a tractor along the lightly snow covered Thwing Road between Kilham and Thwing.

Farm work fatalities are higher than any other industry

Ruth Lindsey with two of the woollen logs she is making for use in peatland restoration.

Swaledale sheep are unwittingly contributing to peat restoration in the hills

Jonathan Hodgson pictured with the cover crop at Great Newsome Farm, South Frodingham, Winestead

Farm of the Week: No-plough policy, soil recovery and a brewery

Farmers Emma and Rob Sturdy, of Eden Farm, Old Malton, North Yorkshire, are tenant farmers and at the moment fighting to save their farm.

Meet the Yorkshire family whose lives were shattered by solar development plans

"Farming and wildlife can co-exist" - Mulgrave Estate's vision for future

Farmer on a tractor. Pic: Dusan Kostic - stock.adobe.com

Why it is important to support the region's farmers - The YP says
Farming is a part of the fabric of Yorkshire and its importance to the country can’t be overlooked

Cannon Hall Farm near Barnsley. (Pic credit: Scott Merrylees)

A Farm Through Time: New show explores how farming has changed since Iron Age

Amongst those to receive a grant is Aidan Foord of Wilds Slack and Lawnsgate Farms near Whitby, whose project has benefitted both the local environment and those who visit the family’s picturesque caravan and camping sites.

Boost for North York Moors farmers as over £360,000 allocated

Volunteer with the Darley Beck Curlew Project, Barry Carter (www.bazcarterphotos.com)

Villagers' dramatic findings over curlew chicks' decline in survey of 500 fields

The Grand Cattle Parade held in the main ring of the Great Yorkshire Show, with over 150 cattle on display for members of public to view.

Another glorious Great Yorkshire Show makes the region proud - The YP says

Great Yorkshire Show - Day Three - Pictured Grand Cattle Parade held in the main ring with over 150 cattle on display for members of public to view. Writer: James Hardisty

Time for farmers to 'capitalise on Brand Yorkshire', rural seminar told

‘The farming industry is a jigsaw puzzle and tackling one element, such as food production, in isolation to other pieces is a hiding to nothing,’ Sarah Todd warns. Picture: Anthony Brown/adobe stock.

Farming doesn’t need a sticking plaster, it needs understanding - Sarah Todd

Tilly the working dog is not herself on the farm on the M62

Tilly the sheep dog is in a world of her own at the farm on the M62

One correspondent says we are seeing a dramatic increase in the number of solar applications in the country.

How farming and solar panels can work if balanced - Yorkshire Post Letters

Changing the habitat could threaten moorland birds

The march of rewilding is felt on the moorland above the farm on the M62

Farming organisations have welcomed the new scheme

New 'golden handshake' scheme for farmers wanting to leave the industry

The sun sets over Appletreewick Moor and Grassington, viewed from near Stump Cross Caverns. Picture: Tony Johnson.

New guidance for farmers could work for the region - The Yorkshire Post says

Yorkshire farmers play a huge part in feeding the nation

Farmers feed the nation and they deserve Government support - The YP says

The survey by FCN and the University of Exeter’s Centre for Rural Policy Research carried out the survey into loneliness.

More needs to be done to celebrate the work of farmers new survey finds

Myth-busting the planning rules for farming and agricultural land

Ad Feature Building on agricultural land – do’s and don’ts

John Broadfield has an off-road segway to get around his farm on

Farm of the Week: Leaving dairying to set up Chidswell Farm Shop near Dewsbury

Morrisons is working more closely with farmers.

Morrisons to lend its backing to new School of Sustainable Food and Farming

Environment Secretary George Eustice. Photo by TOLGA AKMEN/AFP via Getty Images.

Farming facing precarious future under this Government - Yorkshire Post letters

Brian Richardson, is Head of Agriculture, at Virgin Money.

Ad Feature Yorkshire farmers: time to grasp green agenda

Steven and Sarah Fisher with some of the goats on their petting farm

Meet the Ossett couple who have opened their own 'event farm'

A farmer slowly makes his way back and forth cutting the grass in a field near Marrick, Richmondshire, North Yorkshire

Image of farming needs to change to prevent 'disastrous' labour shortage

JB Gill started out as a pop star and now he's a well known farmer and TV presenter. (Picture: Edmund Dabney)

JB Gill on how he went from being a pop star with JLS to a successful farmer and...

Liz Truss, the current International Trade Secretary (right), with NFU president Minette Batters.

Farming’s fury over Australia trade deal must be heeded – The Yorkshire Post say...

Stone barns near Hawes in the Yorkshire Dales. Picture : Jonathan Gawthorpe

Yorkshire Dales National Park to undergo ‘most extensive work programme ever'

Boris Johnson showed the cheeky side to his character when visiting Hartlepool after his party's by-election win.

It might be shallow but personality matters in our politicians: Sarah Todd

Andrew's partner Kim has had to buy new hens to serve local demand for her eggs during lockdowns

Farm of the Week: The poultry keepers who have seen demand for their eggs soar

It is hoped the Great Yorkshire Show will still go ahead this summer.

The Great Yorkshire Show and its smaller cousins need our support: Sarah Todd

From Yorkshire Born & Bred by photographer Valerie Mather

Former lawyer turned photographer captures the lives of farming families

Tape on the entrance at Mount Pleasant Farm near Thirsk in North Yorkshirefrom 2002, close to where initial results of tests on a suspected new case of foot-and-mouth were announced, as negative. Photo: PA

Farming better prepared for post-Brexit shake-up due to foot and mouth