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 […]
Ukraine War: The impact on agriculture one year on
Farmers Weekly One year has passed since Russia launched a full-scale, illegal invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022. The conflict grinds on, with no end in sight. The Kyiv School of Economics (KSE) Agrocenter estimates that, during the first eight months of war, direct losses to Ukrainian agribusiness from Russian aggression came to $6.6bn […]
Baroness Rock expects response to tenant review ‘in a month’
Farmers Weekly Baroness Kate Rock has said she expects the government to publish its response to her review of the tenanted sector “within a month”. The creation of a tenant farmer commissioner is one of the report’s key recommendations that she wants ministers to take up. This commissioner would ensure government policy is tenant-proof, safeguard […]
NFU Conference 2023: Food intelligence unit needed for food security challenge
Farmers Weekly The NFU is urging Defra to establish a food intelligence unit to monitor and inform ministers of current and future risks facing markets. Under the proposal, the core of the unit would be led by government, with the ability to recruit advice from experts from within the farming industry and supply chain. These […]
Meat processors operating abroad as labour shortages bite
Farmers Weekly Meat processors struggling with acute labour shortages have been forced to shift operations abroad, leading to mounting concerns about the longer term availability of British meat. Nick Allen, chief executive of the British Meat Processors Association, said a lack of butchers in the UK meant some companies were already exporting full carcasses to […]
Biodiversity net gain can be stacked with other environmental incentives
Farmers Weekly NFU deputy president Tom Bradshaw has warned there is “no join-up at all” across government on food security, as pictures of empty shelves once again flood social media. Mr Bradshaw was speaking to Farmers Weekly at the union’s annual conference in Birmingham this week, following a private meeting where Defra farming minister Mark […]
NFU Conference 2023: ‘No join-up’ on food security across government
Farmers Weekly NFU deputy president Tom Bradshaw has warned there is “no join-up at all” across government on food security, as pictures of empty shelves once again flood social media. Mr Bradshaw was speaking to Farmers Weekly at the union’s annual conference in Birmingham this week, following a private meeting where farming minister Mark Spencer […]
Editor’s view: Car crash Coffey contrasts with slick Starmer
Farmers Weekly The positive mindset at the recent British Cattle Breeding Conference left conference chairman and AHDB senior knowledge exchange manager Amy Fawcett-Hughes feeling optimistic about the future. Where do you go after you’ve had the best week of your career and one of the most enjoyable of your life? This was the thought running […]