Issues and Insights

From workplace diversity to greening the countryside, rural businesses have their say as we reveal the results of the 2021 Rural Sentiment Survey.

For many conservationists, reintroducing species that have gone extinct is a key part of boosting biodiversity and making more room for nature. But not everybody agrees. Here, advocates for the lynx…

Landowners and farmers are at the beginning of a journey into a brave new post-Brexit world that will be greener – and more competitive. Andrew Shirley, Head of Rural Research, surveys the terrain…

Farms and estates will miss out if they don’t embrace diversity, argues one of the food and farming sector’s leading entrepreneurs. The Rural Report opens its mind to find out more.

ESG is the buzz acronym of the moment, but what does it really mean? We asked contributors from a cross-section of the food, farming and landownership sectors for their personal perspectives.