More local food please, we’re British – that’s the message from Shropshire shoppers as the NFU launches a new campaign to highlight farming’s contribution to the country.

Britain’s farmers are seeing a boom in business despite the economic storm, new figures showed today.

All stock farmers know that they are merely a blink away from some unexpected mishap.

Shropshire farmers are still being squeezed by “questionable” supermarket supply tactics, effectively changing when the seasons were, the industry’s union warned today.

The chairman of the National Farmers Union in Shropshire today said he was ‘disappointed’ a judicial review had been granted following protests against plans for a trial cull of badgers to control the spread of TB in livestock.

Water supplies for farmers in Shropshire should be ring-fenced during the current drought, the National Farmers’ Union today said.

School pupils have been helped by a top-rated chef to whip up tasty dishes using vegetables straight from the fields at a Shropshire farm.

Farmers in Shropshire need better broadband to stay competitive, NFU bosses today warned.

Problems with a multi-million pound computer system have left Shropshire farmers in the dark over the spread of tuberculosis in the county’s cattle.

While writing my retiring report as chairman of the Staffordshire Women’s Food & Farming Union, this allowed me the opportunity to look back at what has been achieved as a team effort over the past two years and how much ground can be covered when a group of like-minded women set their hearts upon something.

A new animal disease originating in continental Europe which can cause birth deformities and miscarriages in sheep and cattle has now been found on 74 farms in England.

Farmers in Shropshire say the county’s agricultural industry will be pushed back into the dark ages if controversial EU plans are approved.

Egg producers in Shropshire face a tough year ahead because of increased competition, higher energy prices and a raft of Euro red tape.

The new regional director of the National Farmers Union today pledged to ensure farmers’ voices were heard.