Tractor turmoil: a last-minute ban on agricultural vehicles ...

Life at the Royal Agricultural University in Cirencester is as jolly as ever after 180 years, but the diverse degrees on offer reflect the challenges of 21st-century farming. Kate Green charts a history of seismic change for the industry and Mary Skipwith talks to students past and present

The past week has been “pivotal” for this government, says Tim Shipman in The Spectator. It turns out that growth is not, as it claims, its “top priority”, nor is the cost of living or protecting “wor

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Issue of the week: a Budget for business? ...

Seventy years ago, the Goverment promised farmers that it would help them ‘wring the last ounce of food from the land’. Will we hear those words again?