This Week in Farming: Price caps, grants and machinery costs
Farmers Weekly Hello and welcome to another edition of This Week in Farming, your regular round-up of the best Farmers Weekly content from the past seven days. Here are five of the biggest topics that we’ve covered and a look ahead to what’s coming up on the next edition of the FW podcast. This cap […]
Natural England proposes one-year stewardship rollover for Dartmoor
Farmers Weekly Natural England has written to farmers on Dartmoor to propose a one-year extension to existing stewardship agreements, with no reduction in livestock numbers for most areas. This would be followed by a four-year extension to agreements that would take into consideration the findings of an independent review into the management of Dartmoor, overseen […]
Editor’s view: Voluntary price cap is the silliest food policy yet
Farmers Weekly Is there a secret pact between Labour and the Tories to see who can infuriate the countryside more? Just when you think you’ve heard every curious idea thought up by the government, along comes a story that it is investigating whether to persuade retailers to agree to a voluntary cap on the price […]
SSEN power lines plan ‘a threat’ to Scottish farming
Farmers Weekly Is there a secret pact between Labour and the Tories to see who can infuriate the countryside more? Just when you think you’ve heard every curious idea thought up by the government, along comes a story that it is investigating whether to persuade retailers to agree to a voluntary cap on the price […]
Gangs using drones as spring sees surge in tractor GPS theft
Farmers Weekly Police are asking farmers to stay vigilant, review security measures and report any suspicious activity following a surge in the theft of high-value global positioning systems (GPS) this spring. Gangs of organised criminals are travelling across the country to scope out farms using vehicles and drones before stealing high-value kit from tractors and […]
How to get more income from your BPS application in two steps
Farmers Weekly This week, tenant farmers accuse the government of taking a “pick and mix” approach to reform of the tenanted sector in England. It follows the government’s long-awaited response to last autumn’s Rock Review, set up to provide a framework for a more resilient tenanted sector. See more: Defra’s ‘partial’ plans for tenancy reform […]
Farmers Weekly Podcast Ep 158: Farmers deliver 100 vehicles to Ukraine
Farmers Weekly This week, tenant farmers accuse the government of taking a “pick and mix” approach to reform of the tenanted sector in England. It follows the government’s long-awaited response to last autumn’s Rock Review, set up to provide a framework for a more resilient tenanted sector. See more: Defra’s ‘partial’ plans for tenancy reform […]
Food price cap plans enrage retailers and farming sector
Farmers Weekly The UK’s police lead for livestock has blasted the government after it dropped the Kept Animals Bill, containing the new Livestock Protection Act. Rob Taylor, wildlife and rural crime co-ordinator for Wales, had spent seven years working on the new act, which seeks tougher penalties for irresponsible dog owners who allow their out-of-control […]