Government steps up precautions against human bird flu spread
Farmers Weekly Warning: Article contains graphic images A Dorset farmer who is campaigning for tougher laws on livestock worrying is in despair after suffering “brutal” attacks against his animals by loose dogs. Cameron Farquharson has been lobbying MPs to make it a legal requirement for dog owners to keep their pets on a lead near […]
Farmer behind Gladis’ Law loses sheep in brutal dog attacks
Farmers Weekly Warning: Article contains graphic images A Dorset farmer who is campaigning for tougher laws on livestock worrying is in despair after suffering “brutal” attacks against his animals by loose dogs. Cameron Farquharson has been lobbying MPs to make it a legal requirement for dog owners to keep their pets on a lead near […]
Business Clinic: How does livestock theft cover work?
Farmers Weekly Whether you have a legal, tax, insurance, management or land issue, Farmers Weekly’s Business Clinic experts can help. Rory Gibson, regional director, A-plan Rural Insurance, outlines what to consider on livestock theft cover. See also: Business Clinic: advice needed on reviewing farm machinery cover Q: There have been some livestock thefts in our […]
Letter of the Week: We must act now to grasp beef opportunities
Farmers Weekly Scottish and UK beef producers have a small window in which they hold the cards in the supply chain. Unfortunately, due to a lack of willingness to co-operate or collaborate at almost any significant level, all we will see is short-term gain and beef finishers complaining about how much tax they are paying […]
Opinion: New First Minister must consult with the countryside
Farmers Weekly A new guide and video series has been launched to help farmers tackle a deadly fungal disease in ash trees. Ash dieback, a disease caused by the fungus Chalara fraxinea, is rampant and experts believe it has the potential to wipe out up to 95% of the UK’s 150m mature ash trees. The […]
Leaf provides new guidance for farmers on ash dieback
Farmers Weekly A new guide and video series has been launched to help farmers tackle a deadly fungal disease in ash trees. Ash dieback, a disease caused by the fungus Chalara fraxinea, is rampant and experts believe it has the potential to wipe out up to 95% of the UK’s 150m mature ash trees. The […]
Coffey slammed for latest horticulture glasshouse gaffe
Farmers Weekly Growers have hit out at embattled Defra secretary Therese Coffey for her lack of understanding of the horticulture sector, after she claimed industrial glasshouses were an “emerging industry, not a long-established one”. A spokesperson for Lea Valley Growers, which produces around 75% of Britain’s cucumbers, sweet peppers and aubergines, said they would disagree […]
Scots open consultation on farm woodland opportunities
Farmers Weekly Two men have banned from owning dogs for three years under new legal powers used to crack down on poachers. David Hilden, 39, and Tyron Young, 35, were stopped by rural police officers as they walked across crop fields with four dogs on 15 October last year. Two of the dogs at Peacock […]