Ultra-rare 900-year-old coin found in a farmer’s field is set to fetch up to £7,000 at auction 

Ultra-rare 900-year-old coin found in a farmer’s field is set to fetch up to £7,000 at auction Silver penny was discovered by John Denham, 64, in Wallingford, Oxfordshire   Was issued by Henry of Anjou between 1139 and 1148 during ‘Anarchy’ civil war Been given guide price of between £6,000 to £7,000 ahead of sale … Read more

Farmers and land owners warned on Country Land Conservation

Farmers and owners of land have been warned to beware ‘conservation’ letters, after plots were bought and flipped to buyers with marketing indicating they could be developed or used for other purposes. A mystery organisation called Country Land Conservation sent letters to those who own fields, woodland and other protected plots indicating that it wants … Read more

Farmers force BBC to remove ‘biased’ show about meat production from iPlayer 

Farmers force BBC to remove ‘biased’ show about meat production from iPlayer Corporation admitted analysis on programme fell below impartiality standards Programme was judged to have given viewers a partial analysis on farming  National Farmers Union complained that BBC made it seem like UK beef was farmed using ‘intensive methods’ used in the US and … Read more

Tobey Maguire and his girlfriend Tatiana Dieteman pick up flowers at a farmers market

He was recently rumored to be in talks to make an appearance in the upcoming Spider-Man 3 with new star Tom Holland. But Tobey Maguire left show business behind on Sunday as he enjoyed a trip to a farmers market in Los Angeles with his younger girlfriend Tatiana Dieteman, 27. The 45-year-old Great Gatsby and … Read more

Ministers snub move to protect British farmers from poor-quality foreign food

Calls to enshrine British farming standards in law were rejected by the Government yesterday. On Monday MPs will vote on an amendment to the agricultural Bill that stipulates food products imported under future trade deals meet or exceed UK domestic standards.  Environment Secretary George Eustice told the Daily Mail he would not support the amendment. … Read more

Coronavirus London: Organiser of rally for Punjab farmers fined £10k

EXCLUSIVE: Moment two Met Police officers slap Sikh rally organiser with £10k fine for breaking Covid rules as he led 4,000-strong London protest to support farmers in Punjab Depa Singh became the latest person hit with a £10,000 fixed penalty notice under new Covid laws restricting public gatherings of more than 30 people Mr Singh … Read more

‘Boer Lives Matter’ farmers storm South African court holding two men accused of murdering farmer

Farmers with ‘Boer Lives Matter’ banners have stormed a South African court and fired shots as they tried to force their way into cells holding two murder suspects. Thousands of protesters thronged outside the Senekal Magistrate’s Court in the Free State today as Sekwetje Isaiah Mahlamba, 32, and Sekola Piet Matlaletsa, 44, appeared before a judge. The … Read more

Farmers are putting turkeys on crash diets so they are not too big for a ‘Rule of Six’ Christmas

Farmers are putting turkeys on crash diets and slaughtering them early so they are not too big for a ‘Rule of Six’ Christmas dinner It is too late to grow naturally smaller birds so farmers have come up with plans  Some have decided to slaughter turkeys early and freeze them for Christmas And others are … Read more