Farm leaders warn of huge contraction in UK food production
Farmers Weekly Market uncertainty is causing massive contraction in UK food production, with farmers in nearly every sector planning to scale back in 2023. This is the warning given to the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Efra) Select Committee on Tuesday (8 November) during an evidence-gathering session on food security and inflation. NFU president Minette […]
Inset v offset carbon credits: benefits and risks to farmers
Farmers Weekly When you start thinking about buyers of carbon credits or certificates, most people immediately think about big corporations outside of agriculture looking to balance their emissions through buying someone else’s reductions. This is known as offsetting. Companies use these offset credits to make claims about how a product, activity, or the whole business […]
Urgent review needed as rural road deaths rise
Farmers Weekly When you start thinking about buyers of carbon credits or certificates, most people immediately think about big corporations outside of agriculture looking to balance their emissions through buying someone else’s reductions. This is known as offsetting. Companies use these offset credits to make claims about how a product, activity, or the whole business […]
Natural England takes action over River Teme tree removal
Farmers Weekly An abattoir-based health scheme for the pork sector will be scrapped after falling pig numbers caused a drop in available levy funds, the AHDB has announced. The AHDB’s Pig Health Scheme (PHS) collected pig health data at selected abattoirs and provided feedback to producers. But a forecast drop in funding from about £10m […]
Pig Health Scheme axed amid AHDB strategy review
Farmers Weekly An abattoir-based health scheme for the pork sector will be scrapped after falling pig numbers caused a drop in available levy funds, the AHDB has announced. The AHDB’s Pig Health Scheme (PHS) collected pig health data at selected abattoirs and provided feedback to producers. But a forecast drop in funding from about £10m […]
Call for change to Scottish solar panel planning law
Farmers Weekly Farm leaders in Scotland have backed demands for policymakers to abolish planning barriers that restrict solar installations on agricultural buildings. The calls were made in a joint letter to the Scottish government by Solar Energy Scotland, and other firms and organisations supporting renewable power sources. The businesses, including NFU Scotland, want changes to […]
Webinar: Practical steps for farms transitioning to net zero
Farmers Weekly Farm leaders in Scotland have backed demands for policymakers to abolish planning barriers that restrict solar installations on agricultural buildings. The calls were made in a joint letter to the Scottish government by Solar Energy Scotland, and other firms and organisations supporting renewable power sources. The businesses, including NFU Scotland, want changes to […]
Opinion: Child safety on farms must be top priority for all
Farmers Weekly By the time you read this, another half term will have passed, and my children should be safely back at school. Shortly before the break, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) published a reminder of the dangers for children on farms, urging adults to keep them safe. They pointed out that eight children […]