TFA calls for Defra funding review to raise farm productivity
Farmers Weekly The Tenant Farmers Association (TFA) has asked Defra to review its Farming Investment Fund to ensure the government is making best use of the cash to help farmers improve productivity. The multi-million pound grant scheme was launched last year to help farmers in England with productivity and to deliver environmental benefits. It is […]
Land use framework ‘vital to balance needs of food and nature’
Farmers Weekly A national land use framework is the “single most important” step the government can take to drive decision-making over land use for food and energy production, nature and climate action, according to the government’s food tsar, Henry Dimbleby. The UK government committed to creating a 2023 Land Use Framework for England in its […]
Is your farm fit for the future?
Farmers Weekly While all industries produce wastewater as a by-product of their manufacturing process or other operations, the way the wastewater is treated can make a huge difference to the environment and can be a resource in itself that is full of minerals and nutrients. (Examples of this include digestate produced by anaerobic digestion which […]
The importance of industrial wastewater treatment
Farmers Weekly While all industries produce wastewater as a by-product of their manufacturing process or other operations, the way the wastewater is treated can make a huge difference to the environment and can be a resource in itself that is full of minerals and nutrients. (Examples of this include digestate produced by anaerobic digestion which […]
Opinion: Clarkson is wrong to wage war on regulation
Farmers Weekly While all industries produce wastewater as a by-product of their manufacturing process or other operations, the way the wastewater is treated can make a huge difference to the environment and can be a resource in itself that is full of minerals and nutrients. (Examples of this include digestate produced by anaerobic digestion which […]
GB-wide avian influenza prevention zone introduced as cases soar
Farmers Weekly The National Pig Association (NPA) has called for essential reforms to the pork supply chain to avert the collapse of the sector. The organisation made the call in its submission to Defra’s consultation on Contractual Practice in the UK Pig Sector which closed on 7 October. Its main call was for all new […]
Farmers Weekly Podcast Ep 128: Is solar on farms under threat?
Farmers Weekly The National Pig Association (NPA) has called for essential reforms to the pork supply chain to avert the collapse of the sector. The organisation made the call in its submission to Defra’s consultation on Contractual Practice in the UK Pig Sector which closed on 7 October. Its main call was for all new […]
NPA calls for legal contracts to avert pig sector collapse
Farmers Weekly The National Pig Association (NPA) has called for essential reforms to the pork supply chain to avert the collapse of the sector. The organisation made the call in its submission to Defra’s consultation on Contractual Practice in the UK Pig Sector which closed on 7 October. Its main call was for all new […]