Meat bodies urge journal to remove ‘flawed’ anti-meat report
Farmers Weekly Retired Welsh dairy farmer Emyr Wigley has raised £81,000 for charity after auctioning his pedigree herd of British Blue cattle at Shrewsbury market. As previously reported on FWi, Mr Wigley established The Old Stackyard Blues project in memory of his late wife Evelyn, who sadly lost her battle with ovarian cancer in 2015, […]
Charity herd of British Blue cattle auctioned for £81,000
Farmers Weekly Retired Welsh dairy farmer Emyr Wigley has raised £81,000 for charity after auctioning his pedigree herd of British Blue cattle at Shrewsbury market. As previously reported on FWi, Mr Wigley established The Old Stackyard Blues project in memory of his late wife Evelyn, who sadly lost her battle with ovarian cancer in 2015, […]
Opinion: Tree-planting will benefit famers and climate
Farmers Weekly Securing the sustainable production of food on our farms for the future is one of my priorities. Climate change threatens this, and the actions we all take can help deal with the effects of this emergency. Tree planting is, therefore, an important topic of discussion when I meet farmers. See also: New Welsh […]
Opinion: Farm support should help real people doing real jobs
Farmers Weekly Securing the sustainable production of food on our farms for the future is one of my priorities. Climate change threatens this, and the actions we all take can help deal with the effects of this emergency. Tree planting is, therefore, an important topic of discussion when I meet farmers. See also: New Welsh […]
Charlie Flindt: Carrot-based confessions of an accidental stag-whisperer
Farmers Weekly Hello and welcome to This Week in Farming, your bulletin of the best Farmers Weekly content from the past seven days. Here are five topics to catch up on and a reminder of where you can listen to the FW podcast. Cutting crews The decline in the small abattoir sector is a blow to […]
This Week In Farming: Neonics, Amaroks and gaps on shelves
Farmers Weekly Hello and welcome to This Week in Farming, your bulletin of the best Farmers Weekly content from the past seven days. Here are five topics to catch up on and a reminder of where you can listen to the FW podcast. Cutting crews The decline in the small abattoir sector is a blow to […]
Defra figures spell looming disaster for the uplands
Farmers Weekly Latest Defra figures paint a bleak outlook for upland farms in England, as many question how they will remain viable in the future. Farm business income (effectively net profit) figures in England for less favoured area (LFA) grazing livestock farms are expected to fall by two-thirds for the current financial year (April 2022 […]
France unveils €200m fund for home-grown fruit and veg
Farmers Weekly France’s agriculture ministry has announced plans to invest €200m (£178m) in its fruit and veg sector, to strengthen its productive capacity. The French government says the sector is a “pillar of its food sovereignty” and the investment is part of its action to adapt to climate change and the agro-ecological transition. France says […]