Criminal gangs targeting new, high-value tractors on farms
Farmers Weekly A wave of tractor and telehandler thefts in Staffordshire, Shropshire and Worcestershire is gathering pace, with 20 high-value machines now reported stolen, some worth more than £100,000. The spate of thefts, described by insurer NFU Mutual as one of the worst it has dealt with, has prompted a renewed warning to farmers to […]
Jim McMahon steps down as shadow Defra secretary
Farmers Weekly This week, farmers are set to lose access to a market worth millions after the government scrapped water pollution rules for housing developers. What are the implications for growers and livestock producers? And how will they make up the unexpected shortfall? See more: Farmers to lose out as housebuilders ‘let off’ on pollution […]
Farmers Weekly Ep 172: Farmers lose out as water rules scrapped
Farmers Weekly This week, farmers are set to lose access to a market worth millions after the government scrapped water pollution rules for housing developers. What are the implications for growers and livestock producers? And how will they make up the unexpected shortfall? See more: Farmers to lose out as housebuilders ‘let off’ on pollution […]
Opinion: It was inevitable – bring on the ugly Discovery 5
Farmers Weekly I was able to attend, as an observer, the 10-hour meeting held in St Ives on 28 June, where the board of Natural England (NE) approved notification of a site of special scientific interest (SSSI) for the West Penwith Moors and Downs. Board members, a legal team, and a phalanx of NE staff […]
Opinion: Natural England’s SSSI approach is too blinkered
Farmers Weekly I was able to attend, as an observer, the 10-hour meeting held in St Ives on 28 June, where the board of Natural England (NE) approved notification of a site of special scientific interest (SSSI) for the West Penwith Moors and Downs. Board members, a legal team, and a phalanx of NE staff […]
This Week in Farming: Fit farmers, old kit and rising prices
Farmers Weekly Bonjour and welcome to This Week in Farming. The countdown to the end of harvest, summer and the start of the Rugby World Cup in France is on. There’s a fine week forecast for many, so hopefully it will help many of you catch up with uncut crops, and France playing New Zealand […]
NFU seeks to ‘set the record straight’ on livestock farming
Farmers Weekly Bonjour and welcome to This Week in Farming. The countdown to the end of harvest, summer and the start of the Rugby World Cup in France is on. There’s a fine week forecast for many, so hopefully it will help many of you catch up with uncut crops, and France playing New Zealand […]
Fertiliser reduction targets demanded from government
Farmers Weekly This article contains an image and references that may be disturbing to some readers. A farming couple have been left devastated after one of their female cows was executed in an attack on a farm in Lancashire. Kenneth Tyson and his partner, Julie Wickington, believe their Beef Shorthorn-cross heifer may have been chased […]