Opinion: We should hang our heads in shame at our safety record
Farmers Weekly As a farmer or farmworker, you are 21 times more likely to be killed at work than the average Briton. If you are over the age of 45, you occupy the age bracket in which 80% of on-farm deaths occur, and if over the age of 65 the age bracket in which 33% […]
This Week in Farming: SFI delays, pickup prices and collabs
Farmers Weekly Hello and welcome to This Week in Farming, where we bring you the very latest from five biggest topics affecting agriculture in the past seven days. This week we have a focus on the merits of deeper collaboration between farmers, another update on the harvest and a close look at why the application […]
Fly-tipping council league table statistics revealed
Farmers Weekly Defra has drawn up league tables ranking local authorities in England on their approach to fly-tipping enforcement. The results are based on the 2021-22 financial year, which saw local authorities deal with 1.09m fly-tipping incidents, a decrease of 4% from the 1.14m cases reported in 2020-21. Local authorities carried out 507,000 enforcement actions […]
Editor’s view: Volatility will breed a new type of farmer
Farmers Weekly It strikes me that farmers are being just as selectively bred for the conditions imposed on them as the livestock and crops they select traits for. How different are you to the person who farmed the land you’re on before you – and how different is the business? Whether that was a family […]
Farmers react to EA’s ground cover rules breach claims
Farmers Weekly The Environment Agency (EA) has been accused of incompetence after a number of arable farmers received letters falsely accusing them of breaking the Farming Rules for Water. The basis of the accusation in each case was that “during our remote inspection, which used satellite images, we identified fields that appeared to have been […]
Wildlife Trusts launches £6m fund for rewilding and wild animal releases
Farmers Weekly A step change in the area of British countryside to be rewilded and a boost to the number of wild species to be introduced is being planned by the Wildlife Trusts as part of a new £6m drive to “transform nature’s recovery”. The funding is being provided by the Ecological Restoration Fund – […]
Climate change in Mediterranean set to hit UK food supply
Farmers Weekly Climate change in the Mediterranean is set to threaten the UK’s supply of fresh fruit and vegetables, according to a new report from the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU). The group warned extreme heat in the region has already led to drought, damaged crops and reduced yields, with food shortages and price […]
Farmers Weekly Podcast Ep 170: Spotlight on farming in Canada
Farmers Weekly Supermarkets have been urged to make it easier for online shoppers to buy British food by more than 100 MPs. An open letter to retailers, signed by MPs from parties including the Conservatives, Labour and Plaid Cymru, said offering a “buy British” option would give customers greater power in their food choices and […]