Opinion: Concertinaed autumn workload brings big risks
Farmers Weekly Back in the days when stubble burning was as much a part of blackgrass control as IPU, many of my father’s generation in this area would drill much of their wheat in September before turning their attention to harvesting potatoes and other root crops later in the autumn. Now forced by this pernicious […]
This Week in Farming: Politics and storms take their toll
Farmers Weekly Welcome to another This Week in Farming, your regular round-up of the best content from Farmers Weekly and FWi over the past seven days. But before we get into it, a quick request to complete our annual Sentiment Survey which is live until next Tuesday (7 November). It takes about 10 minutes to […]
‘No more cash’ for Habitat Wales Scheme, says Griffiths
Farmers Weekly Welsh farmers, who stand to lose up to 70% of their environmental payments once the Glastir land management scheme is axed at the end of this year, have been warned it is “very unlikely” that the successor scheme’s budget will be increased to alleviate that financial pain. At the NFU Cymru conference on […]
Welsh farmers warned of more action to reduce emissions
Farmers Weekly Achieving net zero in Wales by 2050 is going to be “very challenging”, according to a senior adviser on the UK’s Climate Change Committee (CCC), with some “tricky decisions” to be made on future emissions and carbon storage. Addressing the NFU Cymru conference in Llandrindod Wells on Thursday (2 November). Niki Rust, head […]
Editor’s View: Defra’s disciples have spread far and wide
Farmers Weekly To have the right to criticise an institution, and be listened to, you also have to give praise where it is due. So in that spirit I want to say this about Defra: The politicians and senior civil servants within the department deserve a lot of credit for how visible they have made […]
Farming and tree planting – it’s a ‘win-win’ says Devon farmer
Farmers Weekly To have the right to criticise an institution, and be listened to, you also have to give praise where it is due. So in that spirit I want to say this about Defra: The politicians and senior civil servants within the department deserve a lot of credit for how visible they have made […]
Trainee pilot stops farm fire spreading using What3Words
Farmers Weekly To have the right to criticise an institution, and be listened to, you also have to give praise where it is due. So in that spirit I want to say this about Defra: The politicians and senior civil servants within the department deserve a lot of credit for how visible they have made […]
NFU elections 2024: Who are the early contenders?
Farmers Weekly Potential candidates are starting to emerge for the three top officeholder positions which will be hotly contested at the upcoming NFU presidential elections. The posts of president, deputy president and vice-president will be available at the elections, with voting to take place at the NFU Conference in Birmingham next February. See also: Exclusive: […]