Norfolk farmers highlight water security worries with Defra minister
Farmers Weekly Members of Prospect union working in the Civil Service, including for Natural England and the Animal and Plant Health Agency (Apha), have staged a second day of strike action over pay, job losses and redundancy terms. This follows a previous strike on 15 March. In addition to the strike action, workers have been […]
Two-year-old child dies after farm accident
Farmers Weekly Members of Prospect union working in the Civil Service, including for Natural England and the Animal and Plant Health Agency (Apha), have staged a second day of strike action over pay, job losses and redundancy terms. This follows a previous strike on 15 March. In addition to the strike action, workers have been […]
Natural England workers strike over pay and conditions
Farmers Weekly Members of Prospect union working in the Civil Service, including for Natural England and the Animal and Plant Health Agency (Apha), have staged a second day of strike action over pay, job losses and redundancy terms. This follows a previous strike on 15 March. In addition to the strike action, workers have been […]
Chambers deployed to measure methane emissions from sheep
Farmers Weekly Methane emissions from sheep are being measured on UK farms to establish which genetics, feed types and systems produce the most. The measurements are being taken by trailer-mounted chambers designed in New Zealand for this purpose in a project led by Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC), grant-funded by Innovate UK. See also: Sheep […]
Opinion: Views split over jailing of Herefordshire farmer
Farmers Weekly Thanks to certain senior politicians, the notion of having your cake and eating it has gone out of fashion recently. Thus, the claim that British landscapes can simultaneously provide increased food at globally competitive prices, good livelihoods for even more people than currently, soak up significant amounts of carbon and increase biodiversity might […]
Opinion: There is more to land management than producing food
Farmers Weekly Thanks to certain senior politicians, the notion of having your cake and eating it has gone out of fashion recently. Thus, the claim that British landscapes can simultaneously provide increased food at globally competitive prices, good livelihoods for even more people than currently, soak up significant amounts of carbon and increase biodiversity might […]
App designed to improve farmers’ soil management set for trial
Farmers Weekly Thanks to certain senior politicians, the notion of having your cake and eating it has gone out of fashion recently. Thus, the claim that British landscapes can simultaneously provide increased food at globally competitive prices, good livelihoods for even more people than currently, soak up significant amounts of carbon and increase biodiversity might […]
This Week in Farming: Dodgy IT, payroll tips and cheap quads
Farmers Weekly Hello and welcome to This Week in Farming, your weekly catch-up on the best content from Farmers Weekly. Here’s five of the biggest topics that we’ve covered in the past seven days and a look ahead to what’s coming up in the next edition of the podcast. Defra IT woes There’s been heavy […]