This Week in Farming: Coffey, carbon and magnets
Farmers Weekly Llyr Jones doesn’t need a carbon calculator to confirm the green credentials of his free-range egg business. His monthly electricity bill does that for him. Across the entire business – poultry, sheep and beef – that bill is never more than £400 thanks to renewable systems harnessing energy from water, sun and soil. […]
Opinion: Solar has a role in optimising land use policy
Farmers Weekly Llyr Jones doesn’t need a carbon calculator to confirm the green credentials of his free-range egg business. His monthly electricity bill does that for him. Across the entire business – poultry, sheep and beef – that bill is never more than £400 thanks to renewable systems harnessing energy from water, sun and soil. […]
Review cattle destocking strategy ahead of tough winter
Farmers Weekly Beef and dairy farmers are being urged to review their destocking strategy ahead of a tough winter for supplies of feed, forage and bedding. A looming forage crisis is adding significant financial pressure to beef and dairy farms that have already seen massive increases in feed, fertiliser, fuel and energy prices this year. […]
How arable farmers can cut greenhouse gas emissions
Farmers Weekly UK farming’s ambitious goal of reaching net zero by 2040 is going to require some changes in arable farm practices and a willingness to think differently about resources if emissions are to fall. The top three actions – changing farm practices, increasing productivity and making better use of inputs and resources – can […]
Opinion: The road to reach net zero
Farmers Weekly The year 2040 may seem a long way off. But it will soon come around and, by then, UK agriculture should be approaching our collective net-zero target set by NFU president Minette Batters at the Oxford Farming Conference in 2019. The NFU represents some 60,000 UK farming businesses, and there remains a good […]
Editor’s View: No one is above the grubby battle for power
Farmers Weekly The year 2040 may seem a long way off. But it will soon come around and, by then, UK agriculture should be approaching our collective net-zero target set by NFU president Minette Batters at the Oxford Farming Conference in 2019. The NFU represents some 60,000 UK farming businesses, and there remains a good […]
What farmers want from Rishi Sunak’s government
Farmers Weekly British farmers are urging new prime minister Rishi Sunak to provide clarity on his future plans for agriculture, including domestic food production, the long-term budget and the Environmental Land Management (ELM) scheme. In a remarkable turn of events, Mr Sunak was appointed as PM on Monday 24 October, replacing Liz Truss less than […]
Forget food security ‘at our peril’, warns NFUS president
Farmers Weekly NFU Scotland president Martin Kennedy has called on farmers and crofters to join a rally at Holyrood that will put pressure on the Scottish government to make food production the focus of its forthcoming agriculture policy. Politicians, including rural affairs secretary Mairi Gougeon, are due to address farmers and crofters at the rally […]