NFU Cymru calls for common land farmer support
Farmers Weekly Farmers have been urged to check electrical equipment regularly and have fire plans in place after new figures showed the cost of farm fires totalled £95.6m in 2021. Electrical faults were the biggest known cause of blazes last year, while the cost of large-scale farm arson attacks rose from £4.7m in 2020 to […]
Farmers Weekly Podcast Ep 134: How to solve labour shortage?
Farmers Weekly In this week’s episode – a shortage of workers is making it harder for farmers to produce food profitably, but what should be done? Should more visas be granted to overseas workers? Do technology and robotics have a role to play? And how do we change the perception of agriculture as a low-wage […]
Natural England to search out nutrient mitigation sites
Farmers Weekly Natural England (NE) plans to start approaching landowners in the next few weeks to invite them to put land forward as potential sites for nutrient mitigation activities. NE is rolling out a national Nutrient Mitigation Scheme (NMS) which will allow developers to buy credits generated by planting new woodland or creating wetlands. These […]
Opinion: Supermarkets exploit the ‘farm to fork’ disconnect
Farmers Weekly Natural England (NE) plans to start approaching landowners in the next few weeks to invite them to put land forward as potential sites for nutrient mitigation activities. NE is rolling out a national Nutrient Mitigation Scheme (NMS) which will allow developers to buy credits generated by planting new woodland or creating wetlands. These […]
Farm sector records highest workplace injury rate
Farmers Weekly Farming has the worst workplace injury rate, at almost four times higher than the all-industry average, according to new Health and Safety Executive data. The figures contained in the annual Health and Safety at Work report reveal that 4,100 of 100,000 farm staff reported an injury in the 12 months to March 22, […]
EA’s reservoir abstraction rules frustrate Norfolk farmers
Farmers Weekly Farmers in Wales have been urged to have their say in a vital consultation on a nitrogen limit licensing scheme. The 12-week consultation is part of the Water Resources (Control of Agricultural Pollution) (Wales) Regulations, or the so-called all-Wales nitrate vulnerable zone (NVZ). As they stand, the regulations will impose an annual 170kg/ha […]
Welsh farmers asked to take part in crucial NVZ consultation
Farmers Weekly Farmers in Wales have been urged to have their say in a vital consultation on a nitrogen limit licensing scheme. The 12-week consultation is part of the Water Resources (Control of Agricultural Pollution) (Wales) Regulations, or the so-called all-Wales nitrate vulnerable zone (NVZ). As they stand, the regulations will impose an annual 170kg/ha […]
Food production and nature must go hand in hand, Juniper says
Farmers Weekly Food production and nature recovery must be seen as a partnership and not an either/or choice, the head of England’s nature watchdog has said. Tony Juniper, the chairman of Natural England, will highlight the importance of the UK government delivering on its ambitions to stop biodiversity loss by 2030 when he addresses the […]