Farmers Weekly Podcast Ep 148: ‘Unacceptable behaviour’ in UK agriculture
Farmers Weekly In this episode, farm leader Minette Batters has condemned unacceptable behaviour in UK agriculture – including at work and work-related events. It comes after a woman at last month’s NFU conference in Birmingham deliberately avoided sitting near her NFU county chairman so he couldn’t “lean all over her.” Other women in agriculture have […]
Opinion: Come on farmers – now it’s your turn to strike…
Farmers Weekly Horticulture businesses will benefit this season after the UK government relaxed rules to allow returnee migrant workers to come back earlier. Following lobbying from the NFU, the government has agreed to allow temporary workers hired through the Seasonal Worker Scheme (SWS) to work in horticulture businesses to return to the UK after five […]
Horticulture sector set to benefit from visa rule change
Farmers Weekly Horticulture businesses will benefit this season after the UK government relaxed rules to allow returnee migrant workers to come back earlier. Following lobbying from the NFU, the government has agreed to allow temporary workers hired through the Seasonal Worker Scheme (SWS) to work in horticulture businesses to return to the UK after five […]
Opinion: Why I’ll be flying the red flag at the election
Farmers Weekly Hello and welcome back to This Week in Farming, your essential round-up of the best news and features from the past seven days. Here’s five hot topics that have been driving traffic to the Farmers Weekly website, and a reminder of what’s coming up on the next edition of the FW podcast. Beef […]
No more aid for producers hit by avian flu, says Coffey
Farmers Weekly Hello and welcome back to This Week in Farming, your essential round-up of the best news and features from the past seven days. Here’s five hot topics that have been driving traffic to the Farmers Weekly website, and a reminder of what’s coming up on the next edition of the FW podcast. Beef […]
This Week in Farming: Budget, sheep feed and beef latest
Farmers Weekly Hello and welcome back to This Week in Farming, your essential round-up of the best news and features from the past seven days. Here’s five hot topics that have been driving traffic to the Farmers Weekly website, and a reminder of what’s coming up on the next edition of the FW podcast. Beef […]
Horticulture in crisis, Minette Batters tells Lords
Farmers Weekly Government policy is too heavily weighted in delivering for the environment almost at the cost of food production, NFU president Minette Batters has told a House of Lords horticultural sector committee. Giving evidence on Thursday 16 March, Mrs Batters said the UK was at a pivotal moment for the future of horticulture. There was […]
Rsabi reports threefold increase in demand for counselling service
Farmers Weekly Deep-rooting legumes and herbs were key to keeping food in front of Ian Boyd’s Hereford herd at Whittington Lodge Farm as the 2022 drought challenged grassland farmers. Multispecies leys provided fodder for the mob-grazed cattle as the permanent pasture on the Cotswold brash soils turned yellow. “We used the techniques we have learned […]