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Chris Brayford

Articles by Chris Brayford

Young Farmer Focus - Sally Kitchiner: "In farming, you have to make lots of sacrifices while taking up a huge amount of responsibility"

Young Farmer Focus

Young Farmer Focus - Sally Kitchiner: "In farming, you have to make lots of sacrifices while taking up a huge amount of responsibility"

Sally Kitchiner, 24, is a veterinary surgeon at Hampden Vets. She is from Shillington in Bedfordshire.

clock 23 July 2024 • 3 min read
James Evans - Welsh Conservatives: "Our Welsh Farming and Countryside Scheme marks a notable departure from the existing Sustainable Farming Scheme"

Politics

James Evans - Welsh Conservatives: "Our Welsh Farming and Countryside Scheme marks a notable departure from the existing Sustainable Farming Scheme"

The Shadow Farming, Food and Rural Affairs Secretary said the Welsh Conservative's new alternative to the Sustainable Farming Scheme could give Welsh farmers their future back

clock 22 July 2024 • 5 min read
New figures reveal farming remains one of the most dangerous jobs in Britain on Farm Safety Week

Farm Safety

New figures reveal farming remains one of the most dangerous jobs in Britain on Farm Safety Week

The Health and Safety Executive said the whole industry must take the lead in driving a cultural change in farm safety which was 'so desperately needed'

clock 22 July 2024 • 4 min read
Legal bid launched to stop poultry farm expansion

Environment

Legal bid launched to stop poultry farm expansion

River Action has funded a judicial review following Shropshire Council's decision to grant LJ Cooke and Son permission for four poultry rearing buildings, each over 100m long, and a biomass store with boilers at North Farm in Montford Bridge

clock 20 July 2024 • 3 min read
Industrialising farmland for solar energy could undermine food security

Politics

Industrialising farmland for solar energy could undermine food security

Conservative MP Robbie Moore said he was concerned that the Energy and Net Zero Secretary had not listened to rural and farming communities after providing the green light for three solar farm developments in Suffolk, Lincolnshire and Cambridgeshire

clock 20 July 2024 • 2 min read
Total farm income profitability decreases by more than £1 billion

Farm Business

Total farm income profitability decreases by more than £1 billion

Defra's latest figures revealed large decreases in crop outputs, poor yields and high global costs from the war in Ukraine had driven a 19% drop in farming profitability in England between 2022 and 2023

clock 19 July 2024 • 2 min read
Ed Miliband warns clean energy must be built in Britain with productive agricultural land on the table

Politics

Ed Miliband warns clean energy must be built in Britain with productive agricultural land on the table

The Energy and Net Zero Secretary said the biggest threat to farming is from climate change and not solar farm developments

clock 19 July 2024 • 3 min read
North Devon Council rejects motion to go 100% vegan

Politics

North Devon Council rejects motion to go 100% vegan

The Green Party had brought forward a motion which could have seen red meat and dairy banned from council settings

clock 19 July 2024 • 1 min read
PM Sir Keir Starmer quizzed on rural communities feeling 'afraid' of a Labour majority in Government

Politics

PM Sir Keir Starmer quizzed on rural communities feeling 'afraid' of a Labour majority in Government

Conservative MP Graham Stuart had quizzed the Prime Minister on Labour's commitment to rural and farming communities

clock 18 July 2024 • 2 min read
Motion set to debate potential dairy and red meat ban in North Devon

Politics

Motion set to debate potential dairy and red meat ban in North Devon

North Devon Council could ban red meat and dairy products and instead influence 100% plant-based diets

clock 17 July 2024 • 4 min read
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