Benefits of switching to cattle and virtual fencing
Farmers Weekly Farmers Weekly is seeking the support of organisations from across the food supply chain, to help stamp out criminality in the meat sector. Our planned campaign comes on the back of our exclusive investigation into long-standing, industrial-scale food fraud and food safety breaches at a large processor, which cannot be named for legal […]
Lambs die in dog attack, as cost of worrying rises by 50%
Farmers Weekly A spate of sheep worrying incidents and a 50% rise in the cost of livestock attacks has spurred the National Sheep Association (NSA) to demand legislative action in a letter to Defra secretary Therese Coffey and Defra farming minister Mark Spencer. It comes as the latest NFU Mutual figures reveal that the cost […]
Mark Spencer: Farming must play its part in cutting pollution
Farmers Weekly Young farmers are to receive training to help crack down on rural crime, which costs the UK farming industry an average of £40.5m each year. Following a successful pilot scheme, the NFYFC training course, in partnership with the Police Crime Prevention Academy and NFU Mutual, will be available to each of the 577 […]
YFC training launched to counter £40.5m cost of rural crime
Farmers Weekly Young farmers are to receive training to help crack down on rural crime, which costs the UK farming industry an average of £40.5m each year. Following a successful pilot scheme, the NFYFC training course, in partnership with the Police Crime Prevention Academy and NFU Mutual, will be available to each of the 577 […]
Farmers Weekly Podcast Ep 150: Food fraud triggers criminal inquiry
Farmers Weekly Young farmers are to receive training to help crack down on rural crime, which costs the UK farming industry an average of £40.5m each year. Following a successful pilot scheme, the NFYFC training course, in partnership with the Police Crime Prevention Academy and NFU Mutual, will be available to each of the 577 […]
Red Tractor hits back after pollution claims
Farmers Weekly Though I’ve never been one to hang onto the words of Michael Gove, one word he did like to use when talking about the challenges facing farmers was “vicissitudes”. It’s not a word you hear often, which is probably because its successive soft consonants make it a bit of a mouthful. However, it’s […]
Opinion: We’re at the mercy of ‘vicissitudes’
Farmers Weekly Though I’ve never been one to hang onto the words of Michael Gove, one word he did like to use when talking about the challenges facing farmers was “vicissitudes”. It’s not a word you hear often, which is probably because its successive soft consonants make it a bit of a mouthful. However, it’s […]
Carbon audit highlights priorities for net-zero success
Farmers Weekly A 10-year sustainability plan put in place just over a year ago at Squerryes Estate in Westerham, Kent, has provided a framework for the business as it navigates its way through the agricultural transition. With six priorities – access, community, terroir, ecology, flooding and carbon – the plan was developed to show how […]