The ‘Harmonisation of Carbon Accounting Tools for Agriculture', was aiming to provide greater accuracy of outputs from carbon calculation tools
It is after comments made by Senedd members, including Joyce Watson MS suggesting farmers with perpetual bovine TB should ‘find another business' and Mike Hedge's MS saying 'there was no reason to subsidise agriculture'
It was argued APHA had wrongly interpreted the law underpinning its compensation scheme and failed to properly compensate affected farmers for birds, which were healthy at the point at which it decided they should be culled
Farmers hoped the new chief executive would adopt a long-term vision where traditional Lakeland farming was recognised and rewarded for its benefits to local economy and a sustainable environment
It follows warnings the changes, which include bringing customs checks 22 miles inland to a new facility at Sevington, would pose a major risk to the UK livestock industry
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Caringorms group launches direct action as German farmers bring Berlin to a standstill
The Department for Agriculture, environment and rural affairs have issued a proposal to reduce the compensation rate for cattle removed under the bovine Tuberculosis programme