Farm Business

The cooperative has boosted its price for May

Conservative MP Sir John Hayes said 12% of the UK's most fertile and productive farmland is being eaten up by solar and energy projects

This week from the Farmers Guardian deputy editor Alex Black

There is no appetite for chlorinated chicken to enter the UK, a new petition has revealed, but Reform's Nigel Farage and Lee Anderson said the lower welfare practice should be allowed on supermarket shelves in Britain

Committees give backing to Dame Helen Ghosh's appointment but urge her to retain Government independece

Lincolnshire County Council and North Kesteven District Council said solar developments are taking up large amounts of the best and most versatile agricultural land

Orkney and Shetland MP Alistair Carmichael says governments would be better helping farmers to meet their input costs

This week from Farmers Guardian readers: Terry Breverton, Penarth, argues that large-scale renewable energy development in Wales is economically and environmentally damaging, while doing little to influence global emissions

Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister Darren Jones has warned of the long-term impacts

The early move has been made possible by investment by growers in techniques that help protect and advance crops