Green policies to the fore in new Scot’s government work agenda
Farmers Weekly Scotland’s first minister Humza Yousaf has set out his “programme for government” for 2023-24, including a long list of priorities for farming and the rural economy, with a particular emphasis on environmental delivery. In an extended letter to rural affairs secretary Mairi Gougeon, Mr Yousaf highlighted the twin challenges of climate change and […]
Farmers left demoralised after vandals burn and slash bales
Farmers Weekly A farmer and his team have been left feeling demoralised after vandals caused more than £2,000 worth of damage to their farm in Surrey. Between 20 and 30 wrapped haylage bales were pushed off the heap at the farm, and many were sliced open and strewn across the field where they were stacked. […]
Defra ministers mull epi culling to tackle TB spread
Farmers Weekly A farmer and his team have been left feeling demoralised after vandals caused more than £2,000 worth of damage to their farm in Surrey. Between 20 and 30 wrapped haylage bales were pushed off the heap at the farm, and many were sliced open and strewn across the field where they were stacked. […]
NFUS leads demands for food security ahead of Ag Bill launch
Farmers Weekly A farmer and his team have been left feeling demoralised after vandals caused more than £2,000 worth of damage to their farm in Surrey. Between 20 and 30 wrapped haylage bales were pushed off the heap at the farm, and many were sliced open and strewn across the field where they were stacked. […]
Who is Steve Reed, Labour’s new shadow Defra secretary?
Farmers Weekly The owner of two dogs has been fined £900 and banned from keeping dogs for five years following a horrific attack on livestock on a north Wales farm. The incident happened in sheds at a farm managed by farmer Paul Jones in Rhosllanerchrugog, near Wrexham, on 6 March this year, after two American […]
Man sentenced after his dogs kill 22 pregnant sheep
Farmers Weekly The owner of two dogs has been fined £900 and banned from keeping dogs for five years following a horrific attack on livestock on a north Wales farm. The incident happened in sheds at a farm managed by farmer Paul Jones in Rhosllanerchrugog, near Wrexham, on 6 March this year, after two American […]
Opinion: Time to act if your village pub is worth fighting for
Farmers Weekly The sad saga of the Crooked House pub in Staffordshire piqued my curiosity. It’s the sort of situation on which I would have been asked to give advice in my former role as a local government lawyer. This unusual building had very quickly gone from local landmark to heap of bricks, causing great […]
Dog blamed for death of four cows in Anglesey
Farmers Weekly A dog is suspected of chasing four in-calf dairy cows to their deaths on a farm in Anglesey. The cows were discovered by their owners, Ellis Judson and Daniel Jones, at the bottom of a ravine at Maenaddwyn, near Llanerchymedd. The ravine runs between two boundary fences. Police investigating the incident said the animals […]