Farm Business

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

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

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

This week from Farmers Guardian editor Olivia Midgley

Smaller farms producing lower volumes have been impacted by the decision by the dairy giant

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

The CO2 is a byproduct of bioethanol production

Some 5.4 million prime lambs were processed in the first six months of the year, 9% down year-on-year and 6% below 2022 levels

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

Almost 90% feel it is important that Britain has a productive farming industry, according to NFU study