Opinion: Dutch political movement echoes Crofters’ Party
Farmers Weekly The Farmer-Citizen Movement, or BoerBurgerBeweging (BBB) sent ripples along Dutch canals and throughout Europe when they won several seats at the March regional elections. As a party championing farming and liberal rights against draconian government net-zero policies, they earned kudos domestically and globally. It’s great to see, but the Dutch BBB are actually […]
This Week in Farming: Diesel sales, snails and Agritechnica
Farmers Weekly Welcome to This Week in Farming, your regular round-up of the best content from Farmers Weekly as chosen by the editor. Before we get started, here’s a question: Which farming events still demand the wearing of formal attire? Every time I’ve worn a suit to a conference this year, everyone else has been […]
Weetabix lobbies to create UK’s newest county
Farmers Weekly Welcome to This Week in Farming, your regular round-up of the best content from Farmers Weekly as chosen by the editor. Before we get started, here’s a question: Which farming events still demand the wearing of formal attire? Every time I’ve worn a suit to a conference this year, everyone else has been […]
Farmer teams up with police for drink-driving campaign
Farmers Weekly Welcome to This Week in Farming, your regular round-up of the best content from Farmers Weekly as chosen by the editor. Before we get started, here’s a question: Which farming events still demand the wearing of formal attire? Every time I’ve worn a suit to a conference this year, everyone else has been […]
Government urged to reform payment schemes for upland farms
Farmers Weekly The independent Green Alliance think tank has called on the government to reform payment schemes to provide more support for smaller grazing and upland farms. The group argues that the Environment Land Management (ELM) scheme is proving to be unfair and inefficient, with larger arable farms benefiting more than smaller upland farms. Green […]
Editor’s view: Weary farmers welcome yet another Defra boss
Farmers Weekly This time last week, I hadn’t expected to be feeling sorry for Steve Barclay. The rugby-loving Brexiteer is, as most of you will have heard by now, the new Defra secretary. It is his fifth job that requires him to attend cabinet after first being appointed Brexit secretary by Theresa May almost precisely […]
Irish farmers to receive payments for unharvested crops
Farmers Weekly The Irish Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has launched a new support scheme providing payments of €1,000/ha (£874) for growers in Ireland who could not harvest cereal crops during September and October due to wet weather. Eligible growers can apply for support for between two and 20ha of land. Applications and […]
NFU negotiates extension to Climate Change Agreement scheme
Farmers Weekly The EU Commission is set to relicense the weedkiller glyphosate for a further 10 years after member states failed to reach a majority against or in favour of renewal. A second vote failed to reach a qualified majority from member states’ representatives in the appeal committee on Thursday 16 November. With no qualified […]