EU mulls hike in farmer payments to safeguard food security
Farmers Weekly Hello and welcome to This Week in Farming, your Saturday bulletin rounding up the biggest stories of the week from the Farmers Weekly website. Below is a run through of five of the biggest topics that got readers talking in the last seven days, and a look ahead to what’s coming up in […]
COP27: Farm unions call for greater green energy investment
Farmers Weekly The presidents of the UK’s four farming unions have called for more investment in on-farm renewable energy to help the industry reach climate targets and support sustainable food production. Timed to coincide with the COP27 climate change talks in Egypt, farm leaders are keen to show that agriculture is part of the solution […]
Farmers support environmental measures but wary of SFI – survey
Farmers Weekly Farmers are enthusiastic about protecting the environment and boosting biodiversity, but remain wary of signing up to the government’s post-Brexit farming schemes, a survey has revealed. Carried out online by the Country Land and Business Association (CLA) and land agent Strutt & Parker, the survey canvassed almost 200 landowners and farm managers in […]
Farmer concern over farm business survey data
Farmers Weekly Farmers are enthusiastic about protecting the environment and boosting biodiversity, but remain wary of signing up to the government’s post-Brexit farming schemes, a survey has revealed. Carried out online by the Country Land and Business Association (CLA) and land agent Strutt & Parker, the survey canvassed almost 200 landowners and farm managers in […]
Editor’s view: The era of underselling food is over
Farmers Weekly Farmers are enthusiastic about protecting the environment and boosting biodiversity, but remain wary of signing up to the government’s post-Brexit farming schemes, a survey has revealed. Carried out online by the Country Land and Business Association (CLA) and land agent Strutt & Parker, the survey canvassed almost 200 landowners and farm managers in […]
AHDB sector reports set out five-year spending priorities
Farmers Weekly With the AHDB’s four sector councils issuing their five-year plans and spending priorities this week, we present a snapshot of how the levy board intends to “deliver the future of farming”. See also: Future of AHDB levy spending – what two farmers think AHDB Dairy With a remit to tighten its focus and respond […]
Farmers fear chancellor will target Defra with spending cuts
Farmers Weekly With the AHDB’s four sector councils issuing their five-year plans and spending priorities this week, we present a snapshot of how the levy board intends to “deliver the future of farming”. See also: Future of AHDB levy spending – what two farmers think AHDB Dairy With a remit to tighten its focus and respond […]
Q&A: AHDB chief on the changes to levy body’s activities
Farmers Weekly With the AHDB’s four sector councils issuing their five-year plans and spending priorities this week, we present a snapshot of how the levy board intends to “deliver the future of farming”. See also: Future of AHDB levy spending – what two farmers think AHDB Dairy With a remit to tighten its focus and respond […]