Jeremy Clarkson has waded into a farming row and slammed the Welsh government’s latest plans as “completely daft”. The Grand Tour presenter was reacting to a new funding scheme introduced by the Welsh government that would see farmers obliged to stick to
A joint police and RSPCA probe was launched after people who purchased sick dogs raised the alarm. (Image: SWNS) Members of a puppy farming gang have been jailed after pocketing more than £500k from selling sick dogs to unsuspecting customers. Wally David
One of the UK’s leading farming colleges was forced to apologise after encouraging its students to try out a vegan diet. Bishop Burton College in East Yorkshire introduced both “Meat Free Mondays” and “Wellbeing Wednesdays” at its on-site cafe. But furious students
Two students from a farming college have been arrested after a sheep was “blown up with a firework while still alive”. The incident at Plumstead College in West Sussex saw four students pick up the sheep and kick its head, before splitting
France is in the midst of a farming crisis thanks to national inflation, which has pushed up the price of potatoes and, consequently, many potato-based products. The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE), a French government agency, recently found that
EU farming laws could see the price of an average supermarket chicken soar to nearly £20, a leading critic of the policy has claimed. The European Commission has proposed revisions to animal welfare laws that would require companies committed to raising chickens
Mankombu Sambasivan Swaminathan, a key architect in reducing India’s widespread hunger in the late 1960s and 1970s, has died at 98 years old after suffering from an age-related illness. Swaminathan, decorated with one of India’s highest honors in 1967, helped turn the
Police in France reportedly fear that a missing toddler may have been hit by farming machinery while walking through long grass. Émile, aged two, was staying with his grandparents at Haut-Vernet, an Alpine hamlet south of Grenoble, when he vanished on July 8.
North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un announced his regime will take stronger control of the nation’s agricultural sector amid the ongoing food shortage. Kim revealed the plan for more state intervention during a four-day conference with Workers’ Party of Korea officials, according
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un opened a major political conference dedicated to agriculture, state media reported Monday, amid outside assessments that suggest the country is facing a serious shortfall of food. South Korean experts estimate that North Korea is short around