Charlie Flindt: A return to my ‘spiritual home’ – the tractor cab
Farmers Weekly High levels of greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) from the drained lowland peat soils in the Fens are threatening to change how they are managed and what they can produce, Louise Impey reports Finding ways to continue to farm on lowland peat soils while also reducing emissions and meeting climate targets is the urgent […]
How fenland farmers are cutting greenhouse gases from peat
Farmers Weekly High levels of greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) from the drained lowland peat soils in the Fens are threatening to change how they are managed and what they can produce, Louise Impey reports Finding ways to continue to farm on lowland peat soils while also reducing emissions and meeting climate targets is the urgent […]
Battle for BATA farmer co-op intensifies
Farmers Weekly Plans to demutualise North Yorkshire farmer co-operative BATA may be scuppered by members opposed to the move. Under the co-op’s rules the required 50 members have signed a written requisition for a special members’ meeting in Malton on Monday 14 August. This meeting will consider and vote on a resolution to terminate immediately […]
Farmers Weekly Podcast Ep 168: Combatting crime in the countryside
Farmers Weekly Input price volatility and uncertainty over government policy continue to hold back farmers looking to secure a sustainable future for their businesses, a major survey has revealed. The third Farmers Weekly Transition survey – carried out by Macleod Research – provides a snapshot of the UK farming sector as it tackles post-Brexit challenges […]
Loss of 16m Scots trees to wind farms is ‘perverse’, says NFUS
Farmers Weekly Input price volatility and uncertainty over government policy continue to hold back farmers looking to secure a sustainable future for their businesses, a major survey has revealed. The third Farmers Weekly Transition survey – carried out by Macleod Research – provides a snapshot of the UK farming sector as it tackles post-Brexit challenges […]
Transition survey reveals depth of concern over policy and costs
Farmers Weekly Input price volatility and uncertainty over government policy continue to hold back farmers looking to secure a sustainable future for their businesses, a major survey has revealed. The third Farmers Weekly Transition survey – carried out by Macleod Research – provides a snapshot of the UK farming sector as it tackles post-Brexit challenges […]
Opinion: Losing Dad made me extra careful about farm safety
Farmers Weekly Most farmers are mindful of their obligation to improve habitats and protect the environment alongside their farming activities. Most, in fact, are personally invested in achieving these goals. But serious shortcomings in the design and delivery of agri-environmental schemes in England is hindering their efforts. To have any chance of achieving the government’s […]
Opinion: Four ways Defra can do better when it comes to ELM
Farmers Weekly Most farmers are mindful of their obligation to improve habitats and protect the environment alongside their farming activities. Most, in fact, are personally invested in achieving these goals. But serious shortcomings in the design and delivery of agri-environmental schemes in England is hindering their efforts. To have any chance of achieving the government’s […]