Editor’s view: Expansion plans always need an exit strategy
Farmers Weekly Picture a world in which the amount of product your farm produces could be controlled by a dial on the kitchen table. Costs go up but prices stay flat? Dial gets turned down. Scarcity arrives and prices soar? Crank that dial and output immediately surges. What power that would put back in farming’s […]
Farmers warned about increased risk of sepsis
Farmers Weekly Farmers are being warned that they are at an increased risk of developing sepsis, as the nature of their job makes them more susceptible to cuts and grazes. Joining forces with NFU Mutual, the UK Sepsis Trust has created an informative video to spread awareness of the causes and symptoms of sepsis. It […]
Upland landlords need incentive to offer longer tenancies
Farmers Weekly Farmers in west Cornwall say Natural England’s decision to turn Penwith Moors into a heavily protected nature conservation area threatens their livelihoods. The government body confirmed 3,044ha in Cornwall as a site of special scientific interest (SSSI) at a public meeting held at St Ives on Wednesday 28 June. The decision means about […]
Natural England accused of ignoring own rules on Penwith SSSI
Farmers Weekly Farmers in west Cornwall say Natural England’s decision to turn Penwith Moors into a heavily protected nature conservation area threatens their livelihoods. The government body confirmed 3,044ha in Cornwall as a site of special scientific interest (SSSI) at a public meeting held at St Ives on Wednesday 28 June. The decision means about […]
Analysis: Should people have the right to roam in England?
Farmers Weekly Earlier this year, the Labour Party pledged that, if elected, it would seek to introduce a Right to Roam Act in England. In a move that would match the legislation already in place in Scotland, such an act would enshrine access to farmland, green spaces, woodland, and rivers in English law, opening up […]
Farmers prefer mandatory cattle TB vaccination, study finds
Farmers Weekly The UK sheep industry is turning to genetic selection to reduce methane emissions without negatively affecting important traits such as grazing ability. Over the next three years, a £2.9m initiative, funded by Defra’s Farming Innovation Fund, will measure methane emissions from 13,500 sheep in 45 flocks – 42 in England, two in Scotland […]
£2.9m project aims for lower methane emissions from sheep
Farmers Weekly The UK sheep industry is turning to genetic selection to reduce methane emissions without negatively affecting important traits such as grazing ability. Over the next three years, a £2.9m initiative, funded by Defra’s Farming Innovation Fund, will measure methane emissions from 13,500 sheep in 45 flocks – 42 in England, two in Scotland […]
Opinion: Honest Burger is one I really relished
Farmers Weekly I put on my favourite T-shirt and the jeans with the least rural aroma, then set off with the team on a three-hour round-trip to Bristol, just for a burger. As someone who takes sustainability seriously, this may not have been my finest hour, but I wasn’t going to miss it for the world. […]