Opinion: Good to have a king who knows where his food comes from

Farmers Weekly Hello and welcome to This Week in Farming, your weekly round-up of the best content from the FW website in the past seven days. Here are five farming topics to chew over during your Coronation weekend, when you’ve done with staring at enough actual jewels. Farmer confidence slumps Fresh survey data from the […]

Labour, Lib Dems and Greens take local rural seats from Tories

Farmers Weekly Farm leaders in Scotland are seeking clarification from Scottish government over when £33m deferred from the agricultural budget will be returned to the sector. NFU Scotland (NFUS) has written to Scotland’s finance secretary, Shona Robison MSP, to ask for a timetable to return the deferred funding to the rural portfolio. The UK government […]

NFU Scotland demands clarity on £33m deferred funding

Farmers Weekly Farm leaders in Scotland are seeking clarification from Scottish government over when £33m deferred from the agricultural budget will be returned to the sector. NFU Scotland (NFUS) has written to Scotland’s finance secretary, Shona Robison MSP, to ask for a timetable to return the deferred funding to the rural portfolio. The UK government […]

Canada gives green light to gene-edited crops

Farmers Weekly Farm leaders in Scotland are seeking clarification from Scottish government over when £33m deferred from the agricultural budget will be returned to the sector. NFU Scotland (NFUS) has written to Scotland’s finance secretary, Shona Robison MSP, to ask for a timetable to return the deferred funding to the rural portfolio. The UK government […]

Defra to embark on ‘summer of roadshows’ to promote ELM

Farmers Weekly Where there’s a will, there’s a way – though it sure does take a lot of determination to break into farming if you’re not from a farming background. Harnessing that entrepreneurial spirit seems high up the list for Defra farming minster Mark Spencer, who recently hosted a round-table meeting in London to encourage […]

New Food Standards Scotland board to focus on food safety

Farmers Weekly Where there’s a will, there’s a way – though it sure does take a lot of determination to break into farming if you’re not from a farming background. Harnessing that entrepreneurial spirit seems high up the list for Defra farming minster Mark Spencer, who recently hosted a round-table meeting in London to encourage […]

Wildlife groups’ call to change Welsh Ag Bill sparks spat

Farmers Weekly Where there’s a will, there’s a way – though it sure does take a lot of determination to break into farming if you’re not from a farming background. Harnessing that entrepreneurial spirit seems high up the list for Defra farming minster Mark Spencer, who recently hosted a round-table meeting in London to encourage […]

Editor’s view: Farming must be profitable to attract new entrants

Farmers Weekly Where there’s a will, there’s a way – though it sure does take a lot of determination to break into farming if you’re not from a farming background. Harnessing that entrepreneurial spirit seems high up the list for Defra farming minster Mark Spencer, who recently hosted a round-table meeting in London to encourage […]