How can we protect our forestry from grey squirrels?

Grey squirrels can severely damage trees. Francis Fulford looks at the best species to plant

Wildfires spark heated debate about rewilding and rewetting

Can rewilding and rewetting really help to control wildfires in Britain?

The SFI scramble is the latest chapter in Westminster’s rural policy failure

Farmers! You have six hours to apply for grants. Your time starts... now!

Can farm holidays escape the grip of Big Tech?

Big Tech seems to be making it harder to let holiday homes rather than easier

The glory of a golden summer

The long hot summer has been bad news for the countryside, but Andy Ford has found solace in fly fishing for rudd

Why does farming always become a competition?

Farming prizes long hours and hard graft, but is that always healthy?

Building costs are weighing down England’s rural churches

In many rural communities the parish church is as much social institution as a house of worship, but rising costs are threatening their future

Finding the farmers of the future

Rural Britain is preparing to hand itself on to a smaller next generation, while failing to reckon with how profoundly the world around it is changing

How farm clusters could challenge the conservation charities’ funding monopoly

Farmers would much prefer funding their own land stewardship through profits made selling food in a fair marketplace.

Releases, reintroductions and guerrilla rewilding: who decides what belongs in the countryside?

When is reintroduction the right conservation choice, and who gets to choose?

Home-kill and the madness of the ruling classes

Somewhere in this process, thinking has to change.

Why DEFRA hates Feargal Sharkey

Since water was privatised by Mrs Thatcher, there has never been any actual competition within the market.