Scottish farmer jailed for causing serious road incident
Farmers Weekly A Scottish farmer has been jailed after his failure to maintain his tractor and trailer brakes caused a major road incident, killing one motorist and seriously injuring two others. Andrew Grant, 36, will serve one year in jail after being found guilty of breaking health-and-safety laws, following a trial at the High Court […]
Veganuary movement falters as plant-based food sales drop
Farmers Weekly Sales of plant-based meals fell during January despite the blaze of publicity surrounding the annual anti-meat and dairy campaign, Veganuary. Although more people than ever signed up to take part in this year’s month-long event, the AHDB and market analysts Kantar said both retail volume sales of meat-free and dairy-free alternatives declined. More […]
Environment Agency calls for evidence on fly-tipping
Farmers Weekly Sales of plant-based meals fell during January despite the blaze of publicity surrounding the annual anti-meat and dairy campaign, Veganuary. Although more people than ever signed up to take part in this year’s month-long event, the AHDB and market analysts Kantar said both retail volume sales of meat-free and dairy-free alternatives declined. More […]
Farmer killed and son seriously injured in accident
Farmers Weekly This week, what’s the future for regenerative agriculture in the UK? We find out the latest hopes and aspirations at this year’s BASE conference. Hugh binge-watches Clarkson’s Farm 2 – is it as good as the first? Or is Jeremy past his sell-by-date? And what’s all this about farm safety? We find out […]
Farmers Weekly Podcast Ep 144: Verdict on Clarkson’s Farm 2
Farmers Weekly This week, what’s the future for regenerative agriculture in the UK? We find out the latest hopes and aspirations at this year’s BASE conference. Hugh binge-watches Clarkson’s Farm 2 – is it as good as the first? Or is Jeremy past his sell-by-date? And what’s all this about farm safety? We find out […]
Opinion: Focus on what you can control as BPS is phased out
Farmers Weekly Next week, Labour leader Keir Starmer will make his big appeal to farmers at the 2023 NFU conference in Birmingham. Here are five things I think rural voters might want to hear him address: Maintain or improve the promise of £2.4bn for farmers. The “public money for public goods” approach allows farmers to […]
Letter of the Week: 5 issues for Keir Starmer to address ahead of NFU conference
Farmers Weekly Next week, Labour leader Keir Starmer will make his big appeal to farmers at the 2023 NFU conference in Birmingham. Here are five things I think rural voters might want to hear him address: Maintain or improve the promise of £2.4bn for farmers. The “public money for public goods” approach allows farmers to […]
Opinion: Regen farming only works for those who own land
Farmers Weekly Hello and welcome to This Week in Farming, your catch-up on this week’s unmissable content from Farmers Weekly. Here are five hot topics that we’ve been taking a close look at this week, and a reminder of where you can listen to the FW podcast. Scottish turbulence Scottish farmers and crofters were left […]