Opinion: What do the 2020s and 1970s have in common?
Farmers Weekly Welcome back to This Week in Farming, your weekly update of the best news and views from the Farmers Weekly website. Every Saturday we round-up the five most eye-catching topics from the website that you might have missed and look ahead to what’s coming up in the FW Podcast. Return of politics With […]
Organic experts needed to shape government policy
Farmers Weekly Welcome back to This Week in Farming, your weekly update of the best news and views from the Farmers Weekly website. Every Saturday we round-up the five most eye-catching topics from the website that you might have missed and look ahead to what’s coming up in the FW Podcast. Return of politics With […]
Defra considers £80/acre area payment, Ben Goldsmith claims
Farmers Weekly Welcome back to This Week in Farming, your weekly update of the best news and views from the Farmers Weekly website. Every Saturday we round-up the five most eye-catching topics from the website that you might have missed and look ahead to what’s coming up in the FW Podcast. Return of politics With […]
Labour woes and soaring costs push more pig farmers to the wall
Farmers Weekly Pig producers in England and Wales have endured seven successive quarters of negative margins, and cumulative losses are estimated at £600m since autumn 2020, AHDB figures show. The levy board’s latest cost of production estimates show producers faced losses of £52 a finished pig during the second quarter of 2022. With standard pig […]
Industry gears up for Back British Farming Day
Farmers Weekly Pig producers in England and Wales have endured seven successive quarters of negative margins, and cumulative losses are estimated at £600m since autumn 2020, AHDB figures show. The levy board’s latest cost of production estimates show producers faced losses of £52 a finished pig during the second quarter of 2022. With standard pig […]
Editor’s view: Funeral was a model of good planning and staff
Farmers Weekly Pig producers in England and Wales have endured seven successive quarters of negative margins, and cumulative losses are estimated at £600m since autumn 2020, AHDB figures show. The levy board’s latest cost of production estimates show producers faced losses of £52 a finished pig during the second quarter of 2022. With standard pig […]
Natural England ‘land grab’ threatens Cornish livelihoods
Farmers Weekly A farmer was assaulted by a dog owner when he tried to stop the dog chasing sheep in a field near Wool, Dorset. Police have issued a fresh appeal to try and track down the dog owner, who attacked the farmer in a field near East Burton Road on Tuesday 6 September, at […]
Dorset farmer assaulted while protecting sheep from dog
Farmers Weekly A farmer was assaulted by a dog owner when he tried to stop the dog chasing sheep in a field near Wool, Dorset. Police have issued a fresh appeal to try and track down the dog owner, who attacked the farmer in a field near East Burton Road on Tuesday 6 September, at […]