Farm Business

A growing number of female auctioneers were helping to drive trade through a successful career behind the rostrum. Farmers Guardian reports.

With the uptick in students looking to study agricultural related subjects since the Covid-19 pandemic, a land-based college in Warwickshire has seen more than double the enrolments it expected for its agriculture course.

A range of farm groups have slammed the Government’s net zero strategy, claiming it ‘lacks ambition’, is ‘devoid of urgency’ and fails to recognise the value of agriculture in securing a low-carbon future.

Farmers have blown the whistle on the Environment Agency (EA) after dredging work ’ripped out’ part of a river’s 370-year-old clay liner, leaving farmland and homes vulnerable to flooding.

A judicial review attempt by Chris Packhams Wild Justice has been thrown out by the High Court, with the group ordered to pay Defra and interested parties costs up to £8,900 and £1,100 respectively.

With the Government’s vision to quadruple the number of ’green’ jobs by 2030, Olivia Midgley looks at new research by e-railer Bower Collective which shows environmental-related job roles are on the rise.

Images were widely shared on social media of Australian beef which had been mislabelled as Welsh PGI

The Welsh Government has been urged to review the cap on compensation for animals slaughtered under the bovine TB eradication programme.

Defra has been urged to re-allocate any unused seasonal poultry visas to the wider meat industry as supply chain pressure builds in the run-up to the festive season.

Members of The Farming Forum (TFF) Grassroots Group have urged the Government to allocate more than 60 per cent (62.5) of England’s £2.4bn agriculture budget to permanent grassland.