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Rural charities have issued a plea for up-to-date data on suicide risk in order to protect vulnerable farmers. Charlie Hawes reports.

McDonald’s is launching a campaign to increase diversity within the industry to mark 10 years of its Progressive Young Farmer programme, which provides hundreds of opportunities for young people to get a foot on the farming ladder.

The South Lancashire rural task force has joined with a local farm to raise money for a mental health charity after noticing an increase in farmers in the area suffering with mental health issues.

Farmers and landowners can utilise the Forestry Commission’s ‘flexible’ England Woodland Creation Offer (EWCO) to produce a woodland which meets their own objectives.

The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Efra) Committee has said farmers should feel reassured after the Government announced its support for the committee’s recent tree planting report.

With many family farms reliant on one person to handle the financial side of the business, Wilsons Solicitors LLP Martha Swann gives her advice on making plans to keep the business running.

The newly-elected chair of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Efra) select committee Sir Robert Goodwill has voiced concern that the Government is not quite ready to deliver parts of the ELM scheme.

The newly-elected chair of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Efra) select committee Sir Robert Goodwill has voiced concern that the Government is ‘not quite ready’ to deliver parts of the ELM scheme.

Growers considering entering the market warned to consider the high capital costs and risks involved

After a few years of struggles, the Kirkham family have seen their farm near Blackpool come back to life recently. Emily Ashworth meets them to find out how they are keeping their legacy alive.