Net-zero farming ‘impossible’ without agri-tech investment
Farmers Weekly The development and application of agricultural technologies must become a priority for the UK government if the farming sector is to achieve net zero, new research warns. The government has put forward the ambitious plan of delivering net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, while at the same time increasing the quality and quantity of […]
Opinion: Good soil holds the key to agricultural sustainability
Farmers Weekly The development and application of agricultural technologies must become a priority for the UK government if the farming sector is to achieve net zero, new research warns. The government has put forward the ambitious plan of delivering net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, while at the same time increasing the quality and quantity of […]
Charlie Flindt: Contracting work puts paid to ‘retirement’
Farmers Weekly Hello and welcome to the first December edition of This Week in Farming, your weekly round-up of the best Farmers Weekly content from the past seven days. Here are five topics that we don’t think you’ll want to have missed, and a look at what’s coming up in the next edition of the […]
Pig price under pressure from cheap imports
Farmers Weekly Hello and welcome to the first December edition of This Week in Farming, your weekly round-up of the best Farmers Weekly content from the past seven days. Here are five topics that we don’t think you’ll want to have missed, and a look at what’s coming up in the next edition of the […]
Starlink satellite trials set to improve rural broadband
Farmers Weekly Hello and welcome to the first December edition of This Week in Farming, your weekly round-up of the best Farmers Weekly content from the past seven days. Here are five topics that we don’t think you’ll want to have missed, and a look at what’s coming up in the next edition of the […]
This Week in Farming: Coffey, venison and slurry
Farmers Weekly Hello and welcome to the first December edition of This Week in Farming, your weekly round-up of the best Farmers Weekly content from the past seven days. Here are five topics that we don’t think you’ll want to have missed, and a look at what’s coming up in the next edition of the […]
Editor’s view: Grab slurry grant funding before its gone
Farmers Weekly The time for putting our house in order over slurry storage is now. Defra’s Slurry Infrastructure Grant Scheme, opening next week for farmers in England, joins a variety of other measures throughout the UK to help farmers invest in slurry spreading and storage equipment. Like it or not, agriculture is a contributor to […]
Frustration as Defra puts off ELM payment details until the new year
Farmers Weekly The Dutch government is planning to buy up and shut down almost 3,000 farms in a bid to meet tough EU greenhouse gas emissions targets. The targets dictate that the Netherlands must halve emissions of nitrous oxide and ammonia by 2030. See also: Dutch farmer protests derail emissions plan To meet this, the […]