This Week in Farming: Red Tractor, FW win and land values
Farmers Weekly Welcome back to another edition of This Week in Farming, where busy people can smash through a round-up of what on earth has happened in the past seven days. Here’s five unmissable topics from the Farmers Weekly website. What fresh tractor is this? You had to go a long way to find a […]
Farmer petition demands rethink on Welsh 10% tree cover plan
Farmers Weekly Mid-Wales farmer Alex Higgs has launched a new petition on the Welsh government’s website, demanding a rethink of the plan to make all farms have at least 10% tree cover. The proposal is one of the coalition government’s key conditions for receiving future taxpayer support under the new Sustainable Farming Scheme (SFS), which […]
Scots sheep farmers in sea eagle plea to government
Farmers Weekly Many sheep farmers on the west coast and western islands of Scotland are seriously considering giving up farming due to severe livestock losses incurred since the reintroduction of white-tailed sea eagles. The warning to Scottish government is included in a joint letter from the Scottish Blackface Sheep Breeders Association, the National Sheep Association […]
Riverford ‘fair deal’ farming petition tops 60,000 signatures
Farmers Weekly A petition urging supermarkets and their suppliers to give fairer treatment to farmers has received more than 60,000 signatures, but the “big six” retailers remain silent on the issue. If the #GetFairAboutFarming petition receives 100,000 signatures, it will be debated in parliament. Organic fruit and veg company Riverford launched the campaign, which calls […]
Conference season: What did we learn about farming?
Farmers Weekly Farmers in Wales will receive advance Basic payments worth 70% of their total value, the Welsh government has confirmed. More than £158m will be shared across 15,600 farms in Wales when advance Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) payments are made today (12 October). This means more than 96% of eligible farms will receive an […]
Welsh farms paid £158m in advance BPS payments
Farmers Weekly Farmers in Wales will receive advance Basic payments worth 70% of their total value, the Welsh government has confirmed. More than £158m will be shared across 15,600 farms in Wales when advance Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) payments are made today (12 October). This means more than 96% of eligible farms will receive an […]
Editor’s view: It’s no bad thing to reveal realities of farming
Farmers Weekly Farmers Weekly’s food safety and fraud campaign, Meat: Our Expectations, has won a key victory this week, as a new 0800 food fraud hotline has been launched. The free phone number – paid for by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) – will allow people working in the food industry to share their concerns, […]
Farmers Weekly campaign win as food fraud hotline launched
Farmers Weekly Farmers Weekly’s food safety and fraud campaign, Meat: Our Expectations, has won a key victory this week, as a new 0800 food fraud hotline has been launched. The free phone number – paid for by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) – will allow people working in the food industry to share their concerns, […]