Opinion: Simple grass-based system not scale key to success
Farmers Weekly I’m late to the party, but I’m reading The Shepherd’s Life: a Tale of the Lake District by James Rebanks. I’ll admit at this point that the closest I’ve been to the Lake District is a stop at Tebay Services, and my experience of sheep is extremely limited. So I’ve been surprised by […]
Oxfordshire shepherd left carcasses to rot on muck heap
Farmers Weekly An Oxfordshire shepherd has been given a 12-month community order and ordered to pay £2,000 towards court costs, having pleaded guilty to leaving dead animals to rot. Jonathon Simpson, 38, who trades as Jon’s Shepherding based near Witney, pleaded guilty to 13 animal welfare and farming standards offences at Oxford Magistrates Court, following […]
Frustrated farmer denied new, higher CS payments
Farmers Weekly On Thursday 27 April 2023, Farmers Weekly hosted its webinar on climate adaptation and resilience within the farm business with the Woodland Trust. Integrating trees into farming systems provides opportunities to help future-proof your farms against the impacts of climate change. The webinar offered insights from three farmers who are putting this into […]
Webinar: Climate adaptation and resilience within the farm business
Farmers Weekly On Thursday 27 April 2023, Farmers Weekly hosted its webinar on climate adaptation and resilience within the farm business with the Woodland Trust. Integrating trees into farming systems provides opportunities to help future-proof your farms against the impacts of climate change. The webinar offered insights from three farmers who are putting this into […]
Opinion: ‘I’ve come to the conclusion I’m incurably grumpy’
Farmers Weekly On Thursday 27 April 2023, Farmers Weekly hosted its webinar on climate adaptation and resilience within the farm business with the Woodland Trust. Integrating trees into farming systems provides opportunities to help future-proof your farms against the impacts of climate change. The webinar offered insights from three farmers who are putting this into […]
This Week in Farming: Dairy woes, election and aginflation
Farmers Weekly Welcome to This Week in Farming, our round-up of eye-catching news, features and the biggest topics that affected farming this week. Here are the five biggest topics from the past seven days, plus a reminder to listen to the podcast. Dairy farmers facing ‘perfect storm’ Falling milk prices and labour shortages have left […]
Farm groups welcome U-turn on plan to ditch EU law
Farmers Weekly A new post-Brexit system of border checks for goods coming into the UK from the EU will trigger further food price rises, industry leaders have warned. The UK government has announced plans to implement full border controls and customs checks for EU food imports from 31 October this year. A new “target operating […]
Post-Brexit border checks ‘will drive up food prices’
Farmers Weekly A new post-Brexit system of border checks for goods coming into the UK from the EU will trigger further food price rises, industry leaders have warned. The UK government has announced plans to implement full border controls and customs checks for EU food imports from 31 October this year. A new “target operating […]